SORTIE REPORT #5894
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑08‑24 183 568 Target: Synthetic Oil & Chemical Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Merseburg, Germany
Oil Pressure: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided all three groups of the 41st C Combat Bombardment Wing on today's mission. The 8th AF continued to decimate the enemy's fuel supply by attacking this giant chemical complex. The C wing was to follow the A and B wings, but over the North Sea, they caught up and passed both, leading them from the enemy coast, for the rest of the mission. This was apparently due to the wings making different adjustments for cloud layers, and perhaps navigation errors. Although the 384th was prepared for a target obscured by clouds and smoke screen, there was sufficient visibility for visual bombing.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission Primary (Visual)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑97282 544th SU*H REBEL
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, Irving Leroy 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Sweeney, Clarence Joseph 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Maas, Robert Frederick 544 Completed, Uninjured
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