SORTIE REPORT #5105
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 Secondary (PFF)
Target: Industrial Area
Type: Industry
Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 42‑107083 546th BK*B not known Schiebel, Harold Arthur
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Peterson, John Wright 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot McClelland, Robert Cornelius 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Toler, Charles Frederick, Jr 546 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Maddock, Walter James 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Lafferty, Cornelius Michael 545 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Wick, Andrew Oliver 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Talley, Harold Graham 545 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Lentz, Kenneth Melvin 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Rabe, William Arthur, Jr 546 Completed, Uninjured
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