SORTIE REPORT #9163
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1945‑02‑03 264 817 Target: Tempelhof Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Berlin, Germany
Transportation Targeted: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the 41st B Combat Wing on today's mission. Unusual clear weather permitted accurate visual bombing.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: High Squadron. Waist Gunner wounded. Pilot reported battle damage: #2 engine knocked out and had to be feathered, fuselage riddled, left waist O2 system knocked out.
Primary (Visual)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 43‑39131 546th BK*B PRIMO'S GIN MILL Schiebel, Harold Arthur
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Johnson, Donald Ernest 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Kloss, Stanley Frank 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Neumann, James Howard 546 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Cropp, Thomas Edison 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Cawthon, William Hilton 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Fisher, Darwin Edward 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Asby, Sidney Lee, Jr 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Matthews, Frederick Donald 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Plont, George John 546 Wounded
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