SORTIE REPORT #3413
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)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: Low Group.
Primary (Visual)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑107125 545th JD*G DOASY DOATS
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Bagby, Donald Woods 545 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Curran, Kenneth James 545 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Davis, Gerald Paul 545 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Niemann, Carl (NMI) 545 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Day, Dean Willy 545 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Allison, Arthur Ellsworth 545 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Pawlowski, Raymond (NMI) 545 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner O'Neal, Cecil Cash 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Huff, Jack Dyer 545 Completed, Uninjured
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