SORTIE REPORT #10542
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1945‑03‑24 296 911 Target: Vechta Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Vechta, Germany
Weather Cooperates: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew two missions today. For the early morning mission, thirty-seven 384th aircraft and crews formed the 41st Bomb Wing A Group. Weather at the target was CAVU permitting visual sighting: bombing results were pretty good.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission Primary (Visual)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 44‑6109 545th JD*Q OLE TULIK
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Jordan, Theodore Gustav 545 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Schumacher, Elmer Ray 545 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Kyllo, Orville Eldon 545 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Hensley, Clyde Wilburn 545 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Thompson, James R 545 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Rieder, John Charles 545 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Colburn, Cecil Robert 545 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Schwertfeger, Norman Henry 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Bianconi, Natale Pasquale 545 Completed, Uninjured
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