SORTIE REPORT #9921
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1945‑03‑04 281 863 Target: Ordnance Depot
Type: Military
Location: Ulm, Germany
Bombing Through Clouds: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the 41st Combat Wing B Group on today's mission - the fourteenth in as many days (they would get a 3-day break before the next mission). The primary target was to be attacked by visual means or Gee-H (not by PFF): clouds obscured the target so the formation used Gee-H. The equipment failed on the first run, and during the second run, the lead squadron was scattered by another group crossing at right angles. Nevertheless, bombs were away from all three squadrons on the second run, and all returned to base; a few had to land on the way for gas, and one damaged ship landed away and did not return home on the same day.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: Low Squadron hot camera ship.
Primary (Gee-H)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 44‑6909 546th BK*H not known Pierce, Howard Bundy
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Hatch, William Alva, Jr 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Wiley, Vernon Lee 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Besel, Robert A 546 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Summers, William Richard 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Garner, William Perry 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Henderson, Ralph A 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Worley, John Thornton, Jr 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Lady, Manfred Henry 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Ewing, Robert P 546 Completed, Uninjured
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