SORTIE REPORT #9657
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1945‑02‑25 274 847 Target: Tank & Submarine Engine Factory
Type: Industry
Location: Friedrichshafen, Germany
Squadrons Attack Separately: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the 41st Bomb Wing B Group. The lead squadron encountered equipment problems at the primary target, and elected to attack the secondary target. The high and low squadrons bombed the primary, but the high squadron found it necessary to make two bomb runs.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: Lead Squadron.
PFF Secondary (Visual)
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Ulm, Germany
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 43‑39060 546th BK*F THE TERRIBLE UTE Coon, Lawrence John
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Smith, Eliot Henry 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Seipold, Charles Frederick, Jr 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Henly, Harry Richard 546 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Witt, Charles Dean 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Hodge, Robert Merrill 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Birkholz, John Melvin 546 Completed, Uninjured
Spot Jammer Ehr, Willard (NMI) 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret O'Brien, Joseph Walter 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Stanick, Paul Jacob 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Thorne, Richard W 546 Completed, Uninjured
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