SORTIE REPORT #3493
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑05‑29 119 379 Target: Focke-Wulf Aircraft Parts Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Krzesiny District, Poznań, Poland
Long Mission, Good Bombing: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew two group-size formations on today's mission as the Lead and Low Groups of the 41st B Combat Bombardment Wing, the third of five Wings in Air Task Force Three. With CAVU conditions in the primary target area, bombs were placed right on the primary target.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: Lead Group, Low Squadron Lead.
Primary (Visual)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑102661 544th SU*L BIG DOG
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Sammons, Gerald Busby 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Yount, Donald Laverne 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Dashev, Jack Saul 544 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Henson, William Alvin, II 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Feyerabend, Lawrence Lenard 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Schneider, Walter Joseph 544 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Placer, James Jackson 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Schwartz, Stanley (NMI) 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Kilpatrick, Redin Robert 544 Completed, Uninjured
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