SORTIE REPORT #1814
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: High Squadron lead, lead group.
TOO (Visual)
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yard
Type: Transportation
Location: Lingen, Germany
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 42‑37848 546th BK*E SISSY Jacobs, Gilbert Oren
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot MacPhail, Philip Ray 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Schock, George William 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Grimaldi, Anthony Joseph 546 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Garrett, James Patrick 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Hawkins, Charles Joseph 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Herrera, Presciliano Silva 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Van Gorkom, Lester Wilson 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Mitchell, Charles Floyd 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Hamm, Morton Washington 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Benker, Patrick Dennis 546 Completed, Uninjured
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