SORTIE REPORT #2754
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑04‑25 95 317 Target: Metz-Frescaty Airdrome
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Metz, France
Traffic and Weather Prevent Attack: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the high group of the 41st Combat Bombardment Wing on today's mission. Bombs were held at the primary target because another group was below the 384th. An attampt to attack the secondary target was thwarted by cloud cover, as was an attempt to bomb the airfield at Abbeville.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission No Target Attacked
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17F 42‑3440 544th SU*P BROADWAY ROSE
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Boger, Eugene Arthur 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Druckenmiller, Leon Charles 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Schmidtke, George Emory 544 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Bolger, Tommy Phillip 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Grieves, Bobby Vernon 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Pagan, Justo Antonio 544 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Ragsdale, Boyce J T 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Potkay, Edward Joseph 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Floyd, Lewis Wardlaw 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Cheslow, Morris (NMI) 544 Completed, Uninjured
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