SORTIE REPORT #2423
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
ACCIREPAccident Report # 44-03-31-516
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