SORTIE REPORT #5103
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑07‑21 163 486 Target: Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Schwäbisch Hall, Germany
Ludwigshfen Industries Attacked: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided all three groups of the 41st B Combat Bombardment Wing on today's mission, except for the high section of the high group which was made up of three aircraft from the 303rd BG at Molesworth, Station 107. The wing leader decided to bypass the primary target when he found it unsuitable for visual bombing. He opted to attack the PFF secondary, an industrial district that was better-suited to PFF attack.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: Low Squadron hot camera ship, low group.
Secondary (PFF)
Target: Industrial Area
Type: Industry
Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 42‑107058 546th BK*C WHITE ANGEL Jacobs, Gilbert Oren
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Donohue, William Roberts 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Thompson, Willard Hayes 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Marttila, Walter Konstantin 546 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Toboz, Benny (NMI) 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Weissenbach, Kenneth August 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Smith, Kenneth Elwood 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Tow, Douglas Uane 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Millhouse, Clarence Laverne 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Bagosy, Paul Martin 546 Completed, Uninjured
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