SORTIE REPORT #9629
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1945‑02‑25 274 847 Target: Tank & Submarine Engine Factory
Type: Industry
Location: Friedrichshafen, Germany
Squadrons Attack Separately: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the 41st Bomb Wing B Group. The lead squadron encountered equipment problems at the primary target, and elected to attack the secondary target. The high and low squadrons bombed the primary, but the high squadron found it necessary to make two bomb runs.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 43‑38974. High Squadron.
Primary (Gee-H)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑107148 545th JD*P DARK ANGEL
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Sharp, Alan E 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Gray, Harold Reginald 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Gay, Joseph Bates, Jr 544 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Myers, Ben Rice, Jr 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Minter, Louis Arlington 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret DeMattei, Laurence Charles 544 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Volpe, Roland (NMI) 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Meyette, Raymond Perley 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Spafford, Kenneth Culver 544 Completed, Uninjured
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