SORTIE REPORT #1990
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑03‑03 70 246 Target: Roller-Bearing Factory
Type: Bearings Industry
Location: Berlin, Germany
8th AF: Mission Recalled: Mission recalled by 8th AF after entering enemy airspace, due to fuel shortage caused by maneuvering necessitated by weather: recalled crews were awarded combat credit for the mission.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
No Aborted Mission After Taking Off.
Comments: Turned back with supercharger trouble.
N/A
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑31495 544th SU*R WABBIT TWACKS
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Goller, Theodore (NMI), Jr 544 Aborted
Co-pilot Hall, Barney Marcus, Jr 544 Aborted
Navigator Cittadini, Joseph Lloyd George 544 Aborted
Bombardier Brown, James Jefferson 544 Aborted
Radio Operator Bier, Irvin Louis 544 Aborted
Engineer/Top Turret Reed, Clarence Eugene 544 Aborted
Ball Turret Houston, Samuel Vance 544 Aborted
Tail Gunner Walton, Horace Murphy 544 Aborted
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Way, Arthur Harold 544 Aborted
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Howell, Roy Foster 544 Aborted
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