SORTIE REPORT #5059
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 44‑6149 547th SO*U HOT AFTER IT
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Bennett, John R 547 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Sweeney, Ned Hardy 547 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Zabel, Wendell William 547 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Watkins, Bob Gene 547 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Merritt, Roy David 547 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Errett, Kennedy Craig 547 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Mosher, William Martin 547 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Gibbon, Robert William 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Johansen, Egon (NMI) 547 Completed, Uninjured
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