SORTIE REPORT #3348
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑05‑24 114 367 Target: Unidentified Military Installations
Type: Military
Location: Berlin, Germany
Big "B" And Bad Weather: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew two groups today, the lead and low groups of the 41st B Combat Bombardment Wing. Weather at the primary target required use of PFF aiming. The lead ship PFF set failed on the bomb run, so the wing deputy was ordered to take over, which was successfully accomplished. Bombs were away on the primary target with unobserved results. After bombs-away, the low group became separated from the wing, and eventually joined a wing led by the 94th BG for the return to England.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: Lead Group.
Primary (PFF)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑107221 544th SU*J not known
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Sammons, Gerald Busby 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Pryor, Oliver McCoy 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Dashev, Jack Saul 544 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Kilpatrick, Redin Robert 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Feyerabend, Lawrence Lenard 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Thompson, Arthur Edward 544 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Placer, James Jackson 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Schwartz, Stanley (NMI) 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Schneider, Walter Joseph 544 Completed, Uninjured
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