SORTIE REPORT #3367
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑05‑24 114 367 Target: Unidentified Military Installations
Type: Military
Location: Berlin, Germany
Big "B" And Bad Weather: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew two groups today, the lead and low groups of the 41st B Combat Bombardment Wing. Weather at the primary target required use of PFF aiming. The lead ship PFF set failed on the bomb run, so the wing deputy was ordered to take over, which was successfully accomplished. Bombs were away on the primary target with unobserved results. After bombs-away, the low group became separated from the wing, and eventually joined a wing led by the 94th BG for the return to England.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: Low Group Lead.
Primary (PFF)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 42‑38014 546th BK*G LITTLE AMERICA II Foster, Ewing H
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Commander Stallings, Gordon Kenneth 546 Completed, Uninjured
Pilot Decker, Charles Edgar 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Kobes, Eugene Paul 546 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Leahy, Leo Alton 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Blocksidge, Charles Russell 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret O'Cain, Billy Eklund 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Reedy, Delbert Rudolph 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Melsen, Howard Carl 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Rubinson, Harold David 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Bratko, John (NMI) 546 Completed, Uninjured
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