SORTIE REPORT #10485
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1945‑03‑22 294 906 Target: German Hutted Camps (Barracks) at 51°36'N,7°06'E
Type: Military
Location: Westerholt, Germany
Military Camp Attacked: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the 41st Combat Wing B Group on today's mission. The primary target, located on the North Sea coast near the Dutch border, was attacked visually with good results.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Landed In Allied Territory
Comments: Flak damage forced the pilot to crash-land on the continent at B-83 (Knokke/Le Zoute, Belgium) with one dead crewman aboard. The aircraft was destroyed by fire after landing.
Primary (Visual)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 43‑38630 547th SO*G not known
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Shuff, Charles Bernard 547 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot White, William F 547 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Birney, Robert Charles 547 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Alderman, Robert Arthur 547 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Harrison, Erwin Jack 547 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Henricks, Bernard Joseph 547 Completed, Uninjured
Spot Jammer Swieso, Oril Herbert 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Cramer, George Edward 547 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Britton, Joseph Rodman 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Lesko, George Joseph 547 KIA
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