SORTIE REPORT #2079
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑03‑09 74 253 Target: Heinkel Aircraft Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Oranienburg, Germany
Secondary Target Attacked With PFF: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the low group of the 41st Combat Bombardment Wing on today's mission. The primary target was hidden by dense clouds, so the secondary was attacked using PFF (RADAR) aiming.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑3440.
Secondary (PFF)
Target: City Center
Type: Non-Military
Location: Berlin, Germany
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17F 42‑30026 546th BK*J BATTLEWAGON Flynn, Roland (NMI)
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Goller, Theodore (NMI), Jr 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Hall, Barney Marcus, Jr 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Gardner, Sam (NMI) 544 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Brown, James Jefferson 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Bier, Irvin Louis 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Reed, Clarence Eugene 544 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Houston, Samuel Vance 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Walton, Horace Murphy 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Way, Arthur Harold 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Howell, Roy Foster 544 Completed, Uninjured
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