SORTIE REPORT #5772
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑08‑14 180 552 Target: Echterdingen Airdrome
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Stuttgart, Germany
Airfield Bombed: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided all three groups of the 41st A Combat Bombardment Wing on today's mission. Continuing to apply pressure on the Luftwaffe's defense capability, the 384th added its bombs to those of other combat wings. All three groups (lead, high, low) hit their assigned aim points with satisfactory accuracy, bringing victory closer.
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 42‑97510 546th BK*A SATAN'S PLAYMATE Schuyler, Charles Robert
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Cline, Walter William 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Johnson, Donald Ernest 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator McCaffrey, William Henry 546 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Chadwick, Ronald H 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Lee, Van (NMI) 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Fisher, Darwin Edward 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Hawkins, Otis Dwight 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner McCreery, Robert Glenn 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Sterr, Robert E 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Shukaitis, George Joseph 546 Completed, Uninjured
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