SORTIE REPORT #5928
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 GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 42‑97510 546th BK*A SATAN'S PLAYMATE McKinney, Lauren Lee
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Hale, Kenneth Oliver 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Morgan, Norman Gail 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Nielsen, Robert Earl 546 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Zinser, Frank Valentine, Jr 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Goetz, Carl Harry, Jr 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Caulfield, Patrick Joseph 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Uebel, Harold Frederick 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Roach, Harrison William 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Allen, Dale Richard 546 Completed, Uninjured
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