SORTIE REPORT #63
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1943‑06‑25 2 67 Target: Industrial Area & Submarine Pens
Type: Military
Location: Hamburg, Germany
Weather Reduces Force: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the High Group of the 103rd Bomb Wing, the second of three wings assigned to this mission. Of the 19 aircraft taking off for today's mission, most became lost in rain and heavy clouds and failed to make wing formation. Eight aircraft continued following the 103rd Combat Wing, four bombing the primary target on the Wing Lead, and one bombing a last resort target; 7 crewmembers were KIA, 2 were MIA, and 21 became POW.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
No Aborted Mission After Taking Off.
Comments: Initially took off at 0553-1/2, landed at 0618, then took off again at 0630; reasons for this are unknown. Returned to base due to weather conditions; pilot was unable to maintain contact with the formation.
N/A
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17F 42‑29960 544th SU*J NYMOKYMI
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Erickson, Gordon Bennett 544 Aborted
Co-pilot Dartt, Clifford Charles 544 Aborted
Navigator Hackley, Francis Mercer 544 Aborted
Bombardier Irvine, Donald Wesley 544 Aborted
Radio Operator Welch, Paul Gerald 544 Aborted
Engineer/Top Turret Penly, Robert Horace 544 Aborted
Ball Turret Reandeau, Lawrence Joseph 544 Aborted
Tail Gunner Mankowitz, Charles (NMI) 544 Aborted
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Wingerter, Frank Jacob 544 Aborted
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Coburn, James P 544 Aborted
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