SORTIE REPORT #11090
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1945‑04‑10 308 938 Target: Ordnance Depot Workshop Area
Type: Military
Location: Oranienburg, Germany
SS Depot Attacked: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the 41st Bomb Wing C Group on today's mission. The target, which was to be attacked by visual means only, was described as: 'S.S. Main Ordnance, Motor Transport and Equipment Depot ... is the largest motor transport depot in Germany [and] the administrative and supply center for the Waffen S.S.' Favorable weather conditions enabled accurate bombing.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: Low Squadron deputy and hot camera ship.
Primary (Visual)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 43‑39138 544th SU*G not known
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Turner, Willard Jerome, III 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Smith, George W, Jr 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Naum, Robert Edwin 544 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Forristal, John Joseph 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Ruderman, Joshua Herman 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Bobbitt, Charles Rufus 544 Completed, Uninjured
RADAR Countermeasures Knagg, John A 544 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Mollica, John Palmer, Jr 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Apedaile, Vernon Bernard 544 Completed, Uninjured
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