SORTIE REPORT #3389
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑05‑25 115 370 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Sarreguemines and Blainville-sur-l'Eau, France
Focus on Transportation: The 384th Bombardment Group (Heavy) provided two group formations for today's mission attacking transportation targets. The first group flew as the high group of the 41st A Combat Bombardment Wing (41A Group) to Sarreguemines, and the second group flew as the high group of the 41st B Combat Bombardment Wing (41B Group) to Blainville-sur-l'Eau. Excellent bombing was possible in the CAVU conditions, and the bombers really hit their targets accurately.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
No Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed
Comments: 41A Group.
N/A
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑97309 545th JD*C KATHLEEN LADY OF VICTORY
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Van Every, Russell Meredith 545 Spare, Returned
Co-pilot Olson, Norman (NMI) 545 Spare, Returned
Navigator Nelson, Dale Dunlop 545 Spare, Returned
Togglier Kalinsky, Morris (NMI) 545 Spare, Returned
Radio Operator Jelmberg, George Olof 545 Spare, Returned
Engineer/Top Turret Darling, Gale Lewis 545 Spare, Returned
Ball Turret D'Apice, Elmer Louie 545 Spare, Returned
Tail Gunner Doohan, Hugh Anthony 545 Spare, Returned
Waist (Flexible) Gunner D'Amico, Mario Gabriel 545 Spare, Returned
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