SORTIE REPORT #5089
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑07‑21 163 486 Target: Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Schwäbisch Hall, Germany
Ludwigshfen Industries Attacked: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided all three groups of the 41st B Combat Bombardment Wing on today's mission, except for the high section of the high group which was made up of three aircraft from the 303rd BG at Molesworth, Station 107. The wing leader decided to bypass the primary target when he found it unsuitable for visual bombing. He opted to attack the PFF secondary, an industrial district that was better-suited to PFF attack.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: Low Squadron deputy, lead group.
Secondary (PFF)
Target: Industrial Area
Type: Industry
Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑102430 545th JD*O SPAM-O-LINER
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Herzog, John Henry, Jr 545 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Johnstone, William Andrew 545 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Pitts, William Lawrence 545 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Sienkiewicz, Henry Chester 545 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Neyer, Ralph Richard 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Darling, Gale Lewis 545 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Brown, Robert Frank 545 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Euting, Carl Richard 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Heine, Roy (NMI) 545 Completed, Uninjured
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