SORTIE REPORT #5048
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑07‑20 162 484 Target: Aircraft Plants
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Dessau, Germany
Airfield Attacked: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided all three groups of the 41st C Combat Bombardment Wing on today's mission. Weather in the target area was partly cloudy, and, although the lead aircraft was equipped for radar bombing (PFF), the air commander determined that the primary target would not be attacked. Instead, he led the wing to attack a fighter airfield by visual means. Bombing results were mixed; some low group B-17s dropped their loads early when their group lead jettisoned his load due to flak damage to his #1 engine.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission Secondary (Visual)
Target: Fighter Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Nordhausen, Germany
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑102459 544th SU*O LITTLE KENNY
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Thompson, Paul Waldron 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Murchan, Lawrence Aloysius 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Watson, Gavin (NMI), Jr 544 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Snyder, Henry Franklin 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Gore, Oscar Nathan 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Grindell, Robert Dennis 544 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Adams, George Alvan 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Nielsen, Erling (NMI) 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Tallmon, Raymond Dale 544 Completed, Uninjured
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