SORTIE REPORT #2275
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑03‑24 81 277 Target: Ball-Bearing Plant
Type: Bearings Industry
Location: Schweinfurt, Germany
Ball Bearing Plant Spared: 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 heavy clouds, so the Wing bombed the city of Frankfurt.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission Secondary (PFF)
Target: City
Type: Non-Military
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑97136 544th SU*J not known
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Knapp, Paul Bernard 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Boger, Eugene Arthur 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator DeWitt, Robert Courtney 544 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier LaSalle, Angelo Aloysius 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Cammarano, Salvatore John 547 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Jakway, James Allen 544 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Mason, Covert Nathan 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Cleland, Deston Kenneth 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Cates, Clay Franklin 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Stevens, John Jay 544 Completed, Uninjured
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