SORTIE REPORT #3298
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑05‑23 113 364 Target: Nancy/Essey Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Nancy, France
Weather "NOT AS BRIEFED": The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew two group formations on today's mission, as the high groups of the 41st A and B Combat Bombardment Wings (41A Group and 41B Group). Both wings were assigned the same targets, and both Wing Leaders decided not to bomb the visual primary, electing to attack the briefed secondary using PFF aiming.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: 41A Group Low Squadron Deputy.
Secondary (PFF)
Target: Railroad Marshaling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Saarbrücken, Germany
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑102459 544th SU*O LITTLE KENNY
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Rimbold, Arthur Arimese 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Kell, Joseph Wilfred 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Rubenstein, Joseph (NMI) 544 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Chanter, Robert William 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Grieves, Bobby Vernon 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Brock, Henry Reuben 544 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Moore, Lindsay Dow 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Huggins, Kenneth B 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Reams, Russell Don 544 Completed, Uninjured
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