SORTIE REPORT #1802
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 TOO (Visual)
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yard
Type: Transportation
Location: Lingen, Germany
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17F 41‑24560 544th SU*A LITTLE AUDREY
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Jorgenson, Henry (NMI), Jr 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Lotz, William Henry, Jr 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator McKinney, David Webster 544 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Oyler, Ernest Renwick 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Owens, John Ralph 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Biederman, Harold Leroy 544 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Arnold, Walter Howard 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Clark, Alfred Albert 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Bonanza, John Joseph, Jr 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Harper, William Lester 544 Completed, Uninjured
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