SORTIE REPORT #2841
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑04‑29 98 327 Target: Industrial District
Type: Industry
Location: Berlin, Germany
Industry Targeted: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the low group of the 41st Combat Bombardment Wing for today's mission. Bombing was done in wing formation on wing lead, with unobserved results. This was a particularly costly mission for the Eighth Air Force: 63 heavy bombers of the 679 dispatched failed to return.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission Primary (Visual)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑37792 545th JD*B ELEANOR MAUREEN / BERMONDSEY
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Peterson, Harold William 545 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Miller, Frederick Christian 545 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Scheer, Irving 545 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier McDonald, Thomas Harry 545 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Campbell, Edgar Lafell 545 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Haggai, Melvin Edward 545 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Dehabey, Philip Elias 545 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Maddox, Richard Neil 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Belczyk, Walter Adam 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Fisher, Arthur Alvin 545 Completed, Uninjured
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