SORTIE REPORT #9701
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1945‑02‑26 275 849 Target: Schlesicher Railroad Station (Bahnhof)
Type: Transportation
Location: Berlin, Germany
Berlin Bahnhof Bombed: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the 41st Bomb Wing A Group on today's mission. The primary target was hidden by cloud cover so it was attacked by PFF (radar), per the Field Order for this mission.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: Landed away at Seething Airfield, AAF Station 146, due to low fuel. Durborow appears on the loading list as 'B' position ('Bombardier'), but is actually a 'Togglier' - an enlisted man who releases the bombs, but has no Norden bomb sight.
Primary (PFF)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 43‑39138 544th SU*G not known
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Reed, Verlin Dean 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Johnson, Howard K 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Weiss, Morris B 544 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Durborow, Clarence James 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Grimes, Paul John 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Bobbitt, Charles Rufus 544 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Leighton, Robert Raymond 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Vermillion, Eugene Carroll 544 Completed, Uninjured
Flexible (Waist) Gunner Gariepy, Ernest Joseph 544 Completed, Uninjured
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