SORTIE REPORT #5779
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑08‑14 180 552 Target: Echterdingen Airdrome
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Stuttgart, Germany
Airfield Bombed: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided all three groups of the 41st A Combat Bombardment Wing on today's mission. Continuing to apply pressure on the Luftwaffe's defense capability, the 384th added its bombs to those of other combat wings. All three groups (lead, high, low) hit their assigned aim points with satisfactory accuracy, bringing victory closer.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: Low group.
Primary (Visual)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑98000 544th SU*J FIGHTIN' HEBE
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Lindberg, Gilbert R 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Freiman, Peter Paul 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Mass, Russell C 544 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Frakes, Robert Knox 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Greer, James Raymond 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Phelps, Charles Harold 544 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Miller, Irving Leroy 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Sweeney, Clarence Joseph 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Stafford, Walter Edward 544 Completed, Uninjured
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