SORTIE REPORT #5925
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑08‑25 184 570 Target: Airfield & Airpark
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Anklam, Germany
Luftwaffe Attacked: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided lead and low groups of the 41st B Combat Bombardment Wing on today's mission, the high group being supplied by the 303rd BG from Molesworth, Station 107. Visibility was good in the target area, and visual bombing results were excellent. Our lead bombardier, 1st Lt. Robert P. Mechling, finding his assigned aim point obliterated, wisely shifted his sights to the next untouched group of facilities and destroyed them.
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 42‑97150 547th SO*F SILVER QUEEN
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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