SORTIE REPORT #2751
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑04‑25 95 317 Target: Metz-Frescaty Airdrome
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Metz, France
Traffic and Weather Prevent Attack: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the high group of the 41st Combat Bombardment Wing on today's mission. Bombs were held at the primary target because another group was below the 384th. An attampt to attack the secondary target was thwarted by cloud cover, as was an attempt to bomb the airfield at Abbeville.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: Landed away at RAF Pershore, Worcestershire, on return due to low fuel.
No Target Attacked
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑32106 545th JD*R WORRY BIRD / VOAN
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Goller, Theodore (NMI), Jr 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Martin, Gregory Leon 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Donehoo, William Montgomery 544 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Walton, Horace Murphy 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Snead, William Austin 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Reed, Clarence Eugene 544 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Houston, Samuel Vance 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Huggins, Kenneth B 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Way, Arthur Harold 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Howell, Roy Foster 544 Completed, Uninjured
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