SORTIE REPORT #8135
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑12‑09 237 743 Target: Airfield and Daimler Factory
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Böblingen (Stuttgart area), Germany
Daimler Factory Attacked: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the 41st Combat Wing C Group for today's mission. All aircraft bombed the primary target: the lead squadron bombed by Gee-H with visual assist, the High squadron used Gee-H alone, and the Low squadron bombed visually.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: Low Squadron deputy.
Primary (Visual)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 43‑38616 546th BK*K not known Pierce, Howard Bundy
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Hartness, Joseph George, Jr 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Kuite, Donald Warren 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Pommer, Edwin Bernard 546 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Roberts, Jack Deighton 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Lee, Van (NMI) 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Fisher, Darwin Edward 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Hawkins, Otis Dwight 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner McCreery, Robert Glenn 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Sterr, Robert Edward 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Anderson, Emmitt Eugene 546 Completed, Uninjured
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