SORTIE REPORT #1758
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑02‑20 63 226 Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Leipzig & Bernburg, Germany
Big Week Begins!: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided two group formations for today's operation as part of 8th Air Force Mission 226, Task Force 1. One group led the 41st A Combat Bombardment Wing (41A Group), while the other flew as the low group of the 41st B Combat Bombardment Wing (41B Group). Despite cloudy weather most of the way to the targets, they were bombed visually. The 41A Group bombed their assigned primary target, an aircraft assembly and repair facility near Leipzig, Germany. The 41B Group Bombed their assigned target, an aircraft assembly plant near Bernberg, Germany.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: 41A Group.
Primary (Visual)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑31495 544th SU*R WABBIT TWACKS
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Harvey, Walter Lewis 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Goller, Theodore (NMI), Jr 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Cittadini, Joseph Lloyd George 544 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Brown, James Jefferson 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Bier, Irvin Louis 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Reed, Clarence Eugene 544 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Houston, Samuel Vance 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Walton, Horace Murphy 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Way, Arthur Harold 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Howell, Roy Foster 544 Completed, Uninjured
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