SORTIE REPORT #1828
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 GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 42‑39991 546th BK*V LOOK HOMEWARD ANGEL Hunter, Jack Walter
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Corcoran, John Joseph 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Stewart, Gilman Carter 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Collins, Bernard John 546 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Murphy, David Williams 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Bowles, Charles Percy 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Hailey, Harold Charles 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Tenborg, George Laurence 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Thompson, James Westerfield 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Leonard, Frank Valentine 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Slife, Harry Frances 546 Completed, Uninjured
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