SORTIE REPORT #1812
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑02‑21 64 228 Target: Fighter Field & Aircraft Storage Depot
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Werl, Germany
Big Week: Day Two: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided two group formations for todays missions. They flew as the lead and low groups of the 41st B Combat Wing. Finding the primary target covered with clouds, they reversed course and sought targets-of-opportunity through breaks in the clouds. Eventually, a visual attack was made on the city of Lingen, Germany, focused on the marshalling yards and surrounding industrial area.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission TOO (Visual)
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yard
Type: Transportation
Location: Lingen, Germany
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑37792 545th JD*B ELEANOR MAUREEN / BERMONDSEY
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Cosentino, George (NMI) 545 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Speck, Harold Truman 545 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Beinar, Theophilus Edward 545 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Malcolm, George Sawyer 545 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Cason, Alfred Gibbs 545 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Butman, Frank Henry 545 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Curtis, William Stanley 545 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Faust, Glenn Millard 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Stanley, James Farrell 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Voorhees, Ralph Warner 545 Completed, Uninjured
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