SORTIE REPORT #5799
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)
Yes Completed Mission Primary (Visual)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 44‑6294 545th JD*N SCOTTY
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Brodie, James Joseph 545 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Vevle, Lloyd Oliver 545 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Hawkins, George Marshall, Jr 545 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Barnes, William Douglas, Jr 545 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Taylor, William Edson 545 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Crumpton, Robert Doyle 545 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Hetu, Gordon Eugene 545 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Miller, Wilfred Frank 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Opie, Leonard Wood 545 Completed, Uninjured
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