SORTIE REPORT #2153
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 Primary (Visual)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑37758 545th JD*W KENTUCKY KERNEL
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Barad, Robert Leo 545 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Heim, Gerard Anthony 545 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Reinlie, Robert Lainlor 545 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Kasmerski, Stephen James 545 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Doran, Francis Patrick 545 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Morris, Edward John 545 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Kemak, Andrew Steven 545 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Kanclewski, Edwin Joseph Theodore 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Bailey, Henry Godard 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Bloomquist, Harold Edward 545 Completed, Uninjured
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