SORTIE REPORT #49
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1943‑06‑25 2 67 Target: Industrial Area & Submarine Pens
Type: Military
Location: Hamburg, Germany
Weather Reduces Force: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the High Group of the 103rd Bomb Wing, the second of three wings assigned to this mission. Of the 19 aircraft taking off for today's mission, most became lost in rain and heavy clouds and failed to make wing formation. Eight aircraft continued following the 103rd Combat Wing, four bombing the primary target on the Wing Lead, and one bombing a last resort target; 7 crewmembers were KIA, 2 were MIA, and 21 became POW.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
No Aborted Mission After Taking Off.
Comments: High Squadron lead. Returned to base due to weather conditions; pilot was unable to maintain contact with the formation.
N/A
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17F 42‑30039 544th SU*H LIBERTY BELLE
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Commander Nuttall, Alfred Charles 544 Aborted
Co-pilot Halseth, Edwin Scofield 544 Aborted
Navigator McGeehan, William F 544 Aborted
Bombardier Deignan, Charles Joseph 544 Aborted
Radio Operator Kay, David Eli 544 Aborted
Engineer/Top Turret Burnes, Robert Oliver 544 Aborted
Ball Turret Delmonte, Frank L 544 Aborted
Tail Gunner Bagdis, John Stanley 544 Aborted
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Pollard, Walter Maxwell 544 Aborted
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Rutan, Donald Alson 544 Aborted
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