SORTIE REPORT #2269
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑03‑24 81 277 Target: Ball-Bearing Plant
Type: Bearings Industry
Location: Schweinfurt, Germany
Ball Bearing Plant Spared: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the low group of the 41st Combat Bombardment Wing on today's mission. The primary target was hidden by heavy clouds, so the Wing bombed the city of Frankfurt.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission Secondary (PFF)
Target: City
Type: Non-Military
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑31484 545th JD*F MAIRSY DOATS
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Langlois, Robert Ezra 545 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot LeTourneau, Marcel Laurent 545 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Warren, Dexter Holt 545 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Knox, Robert Leo 545 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Hitchcock, Carl Edwin 545 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Ward, Jack Paxton 545 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Olson, Harry Howard 545 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Consoli, Vincent Sam 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner McLain, James Wallace 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Allen, John Rutland 545 Completed, Uninjured
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