SORTIE REPORT #2003
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 the oil pressure in #3 engine dropped, causing severe vibration; could not feather prop.
N/A
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑37982 544th SU*K TREMBLING GREMLIN
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Clayton, John Earl 544 Aborted
Co-pilot Sharff, Sampson (NMI) 544 Aborted
Navigator Uniszkiewicz, Joseph Kenneth 544 Aborted
Togglier Grauer, James Edward 544 Aborted
Radio Operator Stumpf, Howard Martin 544 Aborted
Engineer/Top Turret Watenpool, Jerome Francis 544 Aborted
Ball Turret Coleman, Lester Kenneth 546 Aborted
Tail Gunner Boydston, Elmer Dean 544 Aborted
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Koscheski, Clyde Anderson 544 Aborted
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Lewandowski, Thomas Michael 544 Aborted
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