SORTIE REPORT #2150
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑03‑18 76 264 Target: Aircraft Assembly & Repair Works
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Two Targets Attacked: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided two formations for today's mission. A group size formation led the 41st Combat Bombardment Wing, while a squadron size formation led the high composite group of the same wing. All targets were attacked by visual means.
Five aircraft of High Composite Group, led by Capt J M Merritt, bombed an airfield in the vicinity of Memmingen, Germany as a Last Resort Target: they were unable to drop on the primary target because another formation was below them.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: 41st Combat Bombardment Wing Lead.
Primary (Visual)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑97477 545th JD*A PORKY'S PIG
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Commander Buck, William Edward, Jr GpHQ Completed, Uninjured
Pilot Armstrong, Lloyd Rowland 545 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Wilson, Eugene Theodore 545 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Lewis, Joseph Franklyn 545 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Kinney, William Brownie 545 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Carroll, George Henry 545 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Renfro, Alvin Everette 545 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Thurman, Fillman Clifton 545 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Bailey, Everett Lee 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Voorhees, Ralph Warner 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Blankenship, Doye Herman 545 Completed, Uninjured
SORTIE-RELATED DOCUMENTS:
TYPE IDENTIFICATION
Photo1944-03-18, 41st Combat Bomb Wing Lead, W. Buck, L. Armstrong
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