SORTIE REPORT #5070
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
Comments: Lead Group, Low Squadron Deputy.
Secondary (Visual)
Target: Fighter Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Nordhausen, Germany
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 42‑97510 546th BK*A SATAN'S PLAYMATE Schuyler, Charles Robert
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Jennings, William Cornelius 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Hayes, Edgar Jerome, Jr 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Siewers, Richard Joseph, Jr 546 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Burns, Robert Henry 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Golas, Matthew Walter 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Summers, Leonard Eugene 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret James, Edward Oscar, Jr 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Hoechst, Joseph Frederick 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Neeson, Richard Stanley 546 Completed, Uninjured
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