Event Date: 1944-03-31 |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
No |
Mission Recalled Comments: Returning to base from a recalled operational mission, the left main landing gear would not extend. Pilot jettisoned bomb load and ball turret, then flew locally to use up fuel supply. He then made a successful landing using only the right main gear and tail wheel, resulting in minimal damage to the aircraft, and no injury to crew. |
No Target Attacked |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
B-17G | 42‑38013 ⇗ | 547th | SO*C | NEVADA AVENGER |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Daskey, Kendall (NMI)⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Huber, Eldridge Hood⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Mittendorf, Ehrhard (NMI), Jr⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Togglier | Swift, Kenneth Gilbert⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Adair, Norman Ray⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Lenich, Francis Augustus⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Teetman, Leo Frank, Jr⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Schleuse, Robert Edward⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Fisk, Lloyd Glen⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Markiewicz, John Henry⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
SORTIE-RELATED DOCUMENTS: | |
TYPE | IDENTIFICATION |
ACCIREP | Accident Report # 44-03-31-516⇗ |