SORTIE REPORT #1985
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑03‑03 70 246 Target: Roller-Bearing Factory
Type: Bearings Industry
Location: Berlin, Germany
8th AF: Mission Recalled: Mission recalled by 8th AF after entering enemy airspace, due to fuel shortage caused by maneuvering necessitated by weather: recalled crews were awarded combat credit for the mission.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
No Aborted Mission After Taking Off.
Comments: Turned back because #2 engine supercharger surged and oscillated.
FLIGHT TIME 4:40
N/A
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑31346 544th SU*Q SHACK RABBIT
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Jorgenson, Henry (NMI), Jr 544 Aborted
Co-pilot Kennedy, John Benton, Jr 544 Aborted
Navigator Oyler, Ernest Renwick 544 Aborted
Togglier Harper, William Lester 544 Aborted
Radio Operator Owens, John Ralph 544 Aborted
Engineer/Top Turret Biederman, Harold Leroy 544 Aborted
Ball Turret Arnold, Walter Howard 544 Aborted
Tail Gunner Clark, Alfred Albert 544 Aborted
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Hall, Lawrence Marion 544 Aborted
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Stevens, John Jay 544 Aborted
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