SORTIE REPORT #2273
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)
No Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed N/A
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 42‑97081 546th BK*K not known Watterson, Arnold (NMI)
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Corcoran, John Joseph 546 Spare, Returned
Co-pilot Stewart, Gilman Carter 546 Spare, Returned
Navigator Fitzsimmons, Willis Ray 547 Spare, Returned
Bombardier Murphy, David Williams 546 Spare, Returned
Radio Operator Bowles, Charles Percy 546 Spare, Returned
Engineer/Top Turret Hailey, Harold Charles 546 Spare, Returned
Ball Turret Tenborg, George Laurence 546 Spare, Returned
Tail Gunner Mock, Melvin Bert 546 Spare, Returned
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Slife, Harry Frances 546 Spare, Returned
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Leonard, Frank Valentine 546 Spare, Returned
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