SORTIE REPORT #9635
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: Lead Squadron.
PFF Secondary (Visual)
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Ulm, Germany
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 43‑37971 545th JD*T not known
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Boyette, Irving H 545 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Carpenter, Dean Edward 545 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Beltz, William R 545 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Frantzen, Donald J 545 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Beall, Charles H 545 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Barber, Raymond Clifford 545 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Kotnik, Robert Rudolph 545 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Franks, Herbert Hassell 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Pohlmann, John H 545 Completed, Uninjured
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