SORTIE REPORT #1816
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 GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 42‑38014 546th BK*G LITTLE AMERICA II Foster, Ewing H
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Markow, Henry Victor 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Lundgren, Edward Warren 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Schweikart, John William 546 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Littleton, George James 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Atkinson, Owen Glenn 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Fooder, Elmer Hoben 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Stropek, George Vincent 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Misiewicz, Joseph Raymond 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Sager, Edwin Millard 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Madden, Arthur Willliam 546 Completed, Uninjured
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