SORTIE REPORT #1796
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑02‑21 64 228 Target: Fighter Field & Aircraft Storage Depot
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Werl, Germany
Big Week: Day Two: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided two group formations for todays missions. They flew as the lead and low groups of the 41st B Combat Wing. Finding the primary target covered with clouds, they reversed course and sought targets-of-opportunity through breaks in the clouds. Eventually, a visual attack was made on the city of Lingen, Germany, focused on the marshalling yards and surrounding industrial area.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: Low group lead, 41st B Combat Wing.
TOO (Visual)
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yard
Type: Transportation
Location: Lingen, Germany
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑31484 545th JD*F MAIRSY DOATS
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Commander Ketelsen, Raymond Paul 545 Completed, Uninjured
Pilot Armstrong, Lloyd Rowland 545 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Wilson, Eugene Theodore 545 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Kinney, William Brownie 545 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Carroll, George Henry 545 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Estes, Lloyd Stack 545 Seriously Wounded
Ball Turret Thurman, Fillman Clifton 545 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Parmer, Warren Edward 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Renfro, Alvin Everette 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Polito, Michael John 545 Completed, Uninjured
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