SORTIE REPORT #10327
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1945‑03‑17 290 892 Target: Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Bohlen (Leipzig), Germany
Weather and Equipment Failures: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the 41st Combat Wing B Group on todays mission. Multiple equipment failures and adverse weather conditions forced the Group to bypass the primary (and various other) targets, finally attacking the #6 briefed target, with poor results.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: Low Squadron deputy and hot camera ship.
#6 (PFF)
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Erfurt, Germany
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 43‑39138 544th SU*G not known
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Kramer, William Leo 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Johnson, Howard K 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Burk, Paul E 544 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Robitzki, Walter Stanley 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Dawson, Edward Charles 547 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Scrivner, Dwight Arnold 544 Completed, Uninjured
RADAR Countermeasures Pacocha, Edward J 544 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Pfeiffer, Jack Edward 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Krauss, Keith A 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Lukosavich, Francis J 544 Completed, Uninjured
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