SORTIE REPORT #3437
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑05‑27 116 373 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Mannheim, Germany
Bad Day For The Railroad: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) Flew two groups today, the lead and low groups of the 41st A Combat Bombardment Wing. Weather at the primary target was clear enough for visual bombing. The lead group's bombs hit the primary target area, and the low group aimed at adjacent railroad shops, with their bombs falling across the primary target and the shops.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: Lead Group, Low Squadron Deputy.
Primary (Visual)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑38013 547th SO*C NEVADA AVENGER
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Inman, Loren Alexander 547 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Rooker, Billy Roy 547 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Kranick, Martin Everett 545 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Zipfel, Herbert Walter 547 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Schmitz, Michael Adam 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Swift, Kenneth Gilbert 547 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Fugate, Roger (NMI) 547 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Felicetti, Frank Dominick 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Zanetti, James John 547 Completed, Uninjured
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