SORTIE REPORT #2018
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑03‑04 71 247 Type: Military
Location: Berlin, Germany
Weather Alters Mission: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the low group of the 41st Combat Wing on today's mission. The Group had difficulty attaining its position in the wing formation because the wing leader used speeds greater than SOP, finally catching up near the Ruhr Valley. With the ground completely obscured by dense cloud cover, the wing commander informed his formation that they would bomb a target of opportunity (TOO), initially thought to be Cologne (Köln), Germany, but later determined to be Bonn.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Failed To Return
Comments: In formation at bomb release at 1157 hrs; damaged by flak, crashed 3 km north of Ransart, Belgium. MACR 2740
TOO (Visual)
Type: Non-Military
Location: Bonn, Germany
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑32007 545th JD*T not known
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Cosentino, George (NMI) 545 POW
Co-pilot Speck, Harold Truman 545 POW
Navigator Malcolm, George Sawyer 545 POW
Togglier Polito, Michael John 545 Evaded/Wounded
Radio Operator Romano, Vincent Peter 545 POW
Engineer/Top Turret Butman, Frank Henry 545 KIA
Ball Turret Orean, Clinton Herman 545 Evaded/Wounded
Tail Gunner Faust, Glenn Millard 545 POW/Wounded
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Stanley, James Farrell 545 POW/Wounded
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Mariani, Waldo Francis 545 POW
SORTIE-RELATED DOCUMENTS:
TYPE IDENTIFICATION
MACRMissing Air Crew Report # 2740
ESCAPEEscape & Evasion Report # 1905
ESCAPEEscape & Evasion Report # 2113
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