SORTIE REPORT #3428
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: Lead Group.
Primary (Visual)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑97449 547th SO*B SWEETHEART
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Wortman, Marshall (NMI) 547 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Mulvehill, Edmund Whelan 547 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Leverette, James Harold 547 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Radde, Gerhardt Carl 547 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Van Natter, William Burton 547 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Radtke, Hilbert Robert 547 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Irwin, Robert Tait 547 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Malone, George Martin 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Simeone, Frank Joseph 547 Completed, Uninjured
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