SORTIE REPORT #11750
Event Date: 1944-10-19
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
No Crashed In Allied Territory
Comments: Landing gear collapsed on return from a night cross-country training mission. There were no crew injuries.
Non-Combat Sortie
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 44‑8047 547th SO*Z not known
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Hicks, Ralph Benjamin 547 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot McNamara, John Gordon 547 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Miller, Dan Owens 547 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Scheanwald, Richard James 547 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Frerichs, Earl Edward 547 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Townsend, Perry Houston, Jr 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Weeks, Melvin Francis 547 Completed, Uninjured
SORTIE-RELATED DOCUMENTS:
TYPE IDENTIFICATION
ACCIREPAccident Report # 44-10-19-526
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