SORTIE REPORT #1821
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 42‑29717 544th SU*M MR. FIVE BY FIVE
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Larsen, Jack Kirby 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Donovan, Warren Francis 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Fallon, John James 544 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Murray, Edward Joseph 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Cole, Robert Lester 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Barnes, Karl Francis 544 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Haverlah, Alton Bernhard 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Moore, John William 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Holler, Edward Ralph 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Simon, Edward (NMI) 544 Completed, Uninjured
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