SORTIE REPORT #3409
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑05‑27 116 373 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Mannheim, Germany
Bad Day For The Railroad: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) Flew two groups today, the lead and low groups of the 41st A Combat Bombardment Wing. Weather at the primary target was clear enough for visual bombing. The lead group's bombs hit the primary target area, and the low group aimed at adjacent railroad shops, with their bombs falling across the primary target and the shops.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: Lead Group.
Primary (Visual)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 42‑107057 546th BK*T SPIRIT OF 96 Priesnitz, Frank Joseph, Jr
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Peck, Harland Kenneth 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Jennings, William Cornelius 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Bell, Albert (NMI) 546 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Rancatore, Frank James 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Algase, Max Louis 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Sunshine, Morris Hyman 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Chapmon, William Theodore 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Allen, Wallace Frank 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Hunter, George Filmore 546 Completed, Uninjured
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