SORTIE REPORT #304
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1943‑07‑30 13 80 Target: Aircraft Assembly Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Kassel, Germany
Bombers Plaster Kassel: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew with the 303rd BG and 379th BG in wing formation on today's mission. Opposition stiffened as they neared the target, but they were able to drop their bombs on the primary target area (it is not known whether the Waldau or the Bettenhausen works were attacked by this group). Flak over Kassel, and subsequent vigorous fighter attacks wounded several crew members and damaged many of the Group's aircraft, but all managed to return to England, although not all made it to Grafton Underwood that day.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Aborted Mission After Taking Off.
Comments: Turned back 62 miles into Belgium because hydraulic fluid was coming down into the ball turret, which was inoperative, the left waist gun and left top turret gun were out of order, and the tachometer on one engine was oscillating wildly.
N/A
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17F 42‑30196 546th BK*Y SAD SACK Flynn, James Francis
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Bishop, Charles W 546 Aborted
Co-pilot Ulrey, Edgar Ellsworth 546 Aborted
Navigator Grimaldi, Anthony Joseph 546 Aborted
Bombardier Yee, Wilbert Y K 546 Aborted
Radio Operator Boehm, Richard John 546 Aborted
Engineer/Top Turret Edman, Bruno Edwin 546 Aborted
Ball Turret Kalas, Joseph Markus 546 Aborted
Tail Gunner Parks, Howard David 545 Aborted
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Humphrey, Edward James 546 Aborted
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Miller, Floyd Oliver 546 Aborted
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