SORTIE REPORT #10581
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1945‑03‑24 296 911 Target: Vechta Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Vechta, Germany
Weather Cooperates: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew two missions today. For the early morning mission, thirty-seven 384th aircraft and crews formed the 41st Bomb Wing A Group. Weather at the target was CAVU permitting visual sighting: bombing results were pretty good.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission Primary (Visual)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 43‑38994 546th BK*Q DEVASTATING LADY Kraus, Alvin C
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 Wall, James A 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Moody, Nolan E 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Stanick, Paul Jacob 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Thorne, Richard W 546 Completed, Uninjured
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