SORTIE REPORT #1818
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 42‑29632 545th JD*K CASED ACE
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Hines, James Wesley 545 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Burch, Hugh Ralph 545 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Copeland, Carter Glenn 545 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Morris, Richard William 545 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Dahms, Rex John 545 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Jarvis, Francis Harrison 545 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Douglas, James Clifton 545 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Ward, Clarence Howard 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Mariani, Waldo Francis 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Emmons, James Vincent 545 Completed, Uninjured
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