SORTIE REPORT #10582
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 43‑39019 545th JD*A not known
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Murphy, William Carey 545 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Clower, Jack Edwin 545 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Gilbert, William Theodore 545 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Staub, Richard William 545 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Haines, Robert Glenn 545 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Kelley, John Thomas 545 Completed, Uninjured
Spot Jammer Eastell, Harry Theodore 545 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Chaknis, John Manuel 545 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner LaRue, James Russell 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Stolte, Kenneth Louis 545 Completed, Uninjured
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