SORTIE REPORT #1851
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑02‑22 65 230 Target: Aircraft Factory
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Halberstadt & Aschersleben, Germany
Big Week, Day Three: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided two group formations for today's missions. One formed the high group of the 41st A Combat Bombardment Wing (41A Group), and the other formed the high group of the 41st B Combat Bombardment Wing (41B Group).The 41A Group lost its formation when forced to fly into clouds during assembly: the entire group aborted, and all bombs were returned to base rather than being dropped at Halberstadt. The 41B Group attacked their primary target at Aschersleben, but while bombs appeared to strike in the target area, heavy smoke from prior groups made assessment difficult.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
No Aborted Mission After Taking Off.
Comments: 41A Group.
N/A
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑37885 544th SU*L MRS. F.D.R. / FROSTIE
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Goller, Theodore (NMI), Jr 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Sharff, Sampson (NMI) 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Cittadini, Joseph Lloyd George 544 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Brown, James Jefferson 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Bier, Irvin Louis 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Reed, Clarence Eugene 544 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Houston, Samuel Vance 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Walton, Horace Murphy 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Way, Arthur Harold 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Howell, Roy Foster 544 Completed, Uninjured
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