SORTIE REPORT #5785
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑08‑16 181 556 Target: Delitzsch Air Field and Air Equipment Depot
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Delitzsch, Germany
Airfield Attacked: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided all three groups of the 41st B Combat Bombardment Wing on today's mission. Good visibility in the target area contributed to good bombing of this large Luftaffe facility near Leipzig. Although the lead aircraft of the low group ran into propwash on the bomb run, which caused an upset to the bombsight, overall results for the 42st B wing were good.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: High section deputy, lead group. Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑97142.
Primary (Visual)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑102430 545th JD*O SPAM-O-LINER
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Causa, Raymond (NMI) 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Kimberlin, Grover Jasper 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Dowling, James John 546 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Lokkins, Arthur Edward 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Cortez, Jonathan Hernandez 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Siegenthaler, Robert Joseph 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Bertsch, Robert Lawrence 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Kreuscher, Robert Edward 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Molea, Joseph (NMI) 546 Completed, Uninjured
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