SORTIE REPORT #3407
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑05‑27 116 373 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Mannheim, Germany
Bad Day For The Railroad: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) Flew two groups today, the lead and low groups of the 41st A Combat Bombardment Wing. Weather at the primary target was clear enough for visual bombing. The lead group's bombs hit the primary target area, and the low group aimed at adjacent railroad shops, with their bombs falling across the primary target and the shops.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
No Aborted Mission After Taking Off.
Comments: Lead Group, Flying Spare aircraft. Turned back at 1053 hrs because Tokyo tank would not feed.
N/A
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17F 42‑3441 547th SO*E PATCHES II / SPOTTED COW
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot MacFarlane, Menzies James 547 Aborted
Co-pilot Jacobs, Bernard Richard 547 Aborted
Navigator Kinzer, James Brooks, Jr 547 Aborted
Bombardier Ziegler, Pete Frank 547 Aborted
Radio Operator Sheppard, George Raeburn 547 Aborted
Engineer/Top Turret Doughty, Walter Warren 547 Aborted
Ball Turret Martin, Eldon LeRoy, Jr 547 Aborted
Tail Gunner Latourette, Frank Richard 547 Aborted
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Caster, George Edward 547 Aborted
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