SORTIE REPORT #5786
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 group hot camera ship.
Primary (Visual)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑102459 544th SU*O LITTLE KENNY
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Lindberg, Gilbert R 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Freiman, Peter Paul 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Mass, Russell C 544 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Frakes, Robert Knox 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Greer, James Raymond 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Phelps, Charles Harold 544 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Miller, Fonda Coy 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Sweeney, Clarence Joseph 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Maas, Robert Frederick 544 Completed, Uninjured
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