SORTIE REPORT #5929
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 42‑97521 545th JD*H THE SAINT
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Peters, Lloyd Arman 545 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Rose, Gerald Dale 545 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Simpson, Hubert Daniel, Jr 545 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Hogan, David Hiram, Jr 545 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Covell, Charles Francis 545 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Hornack, William Paul 545 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Ketchledge, Edward (NMI) 545 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Bridget, John Harold 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Hatfield, Lowell Charles 545 Completed, Uninjured
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