SORTIE REPORT #10549
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1945‑03‑24 296 911 Target: Vechta Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Vechta, Germany
Weather Cooperates: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew two missions today. For the early morning mission, thirty-seven 384th aircraft and crews formed the 41st Bomb Wing A Group. Weather at the target was CAVU permitting visual sighting: bombing results were pretty good.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission Primary (Visual)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 44‑6923 ⇗ 545th JD*J not known
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Carpenter, Dean Edward⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Norskog, Vincent Lee⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Ladendorff, Edmund (NMI), Jr⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Cobb, Raymond Bruce⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator King, Paul Ralph⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Fulcher, Harold Quillian⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Calhoun, William Ernest, Jr⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Franks, Herbert Hassell⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Bronzetti, Warren John⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
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