SORTIE REPORT #5787
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑08‑16 181 556 Target: Delitzsch Air Field and Air Equipment Depot
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Delitzsch, Germany
Airfield Attacked: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided all three groups of the 41st B Combat Bombardment Wing on today's mission. Good visibility in the target area contributed to good bombing of this large Luftaffe facility near Leipzig. Although the lead aircraft of the low group ran into propwash on the bomb run, which caused an upset to the bombsight, overall results for the 42st B wing were good.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
No Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed
Comments: Lead group.
N/A
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 42‑102500 546th BK*L not known Flynn, Roland (NMI)
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Cepits, Francis Frederick 546 Spare, Returned
Co-pilot McGahey, Thomas Levert 546 Spare, Returned
Navigator Hance, Horace (NMI), Jr 546 Spare, Returned
Bombardier Henderson, Frank William, Jr 546 Spare, Returned
Radio Operator Cafiero, Lee Herman 546 Spare, Returned
Engineer/Top Turret Shannon, James Brent 546 Spare, Returned
Ball Turret Campbell, Donald Rudolph 546 Spare, Returned
Tail Gunner Haden, Levi Baldwin 546 Spare, Returned
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Kish, Steve (NMI) 546 Spare, Returned
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