SORTIE REPORT #3384
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑05‑25 115 370 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Sarreguemines and Blainville-sur-l'Eau, France
Focus on Transportation: The 384th Bombardment Group (Heavy) provided two group formations for today's mission attacking transportation targets. The first group flew as the high group of the 41st A Combat Bombardment Wing (41A Group) to Sarreguemines, and the second group flew as the high group of the 41st B Combat Bombardment Wing (41B Group) to Blainville-sur-l'Eau. Excellent bombing was possible in the CAVU conditions, and the bombers really hit their targets accurately.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
No Aborted Mission After Taking Off.
Comments: 41B Group. Turned back due to oxygen failure.
N/A
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑97201 547th SO*J JAMAICA MARY
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Stevens, Raymond Robert 547 Aborted
Co-pilot Halloran, Kenneth Martin 547 Aborted
Navigator Burke, Thomas Henry 547 Aborted
Togglier Supernowicz, Edward Joseph 547 Aborted
Radio Operator Pratt, John Butler 547 Aborted
Engineer/Top Turret Mayo, Lewis Graham 547 Aborted
Ball Turret Waltrip, Dale LeRoy 547 Aborted
Tail Gunner Manus, Donald Lee 547 Aborted
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Sorice, Dominic (NMI) 547 Aborted
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