SORTIE REPORT #10559
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
Comments: High Squadron lead. PFF & Gee-H aircraft.
Primary (Visual)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 44‑8211 ⇗ 546th BK*Z not known Foster, Ewing H
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Commander Parker, George Frederick⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Pilot Warner, Henry L⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Newman, David E⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Warner, Stanley E⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Zeligson, Robert Lee⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Mathis, Charles Eugene⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Jenkins, Ernest Norman⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Seidel, John Clarence⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Portwood, Ray S⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Taliaferro, Philip Andrew⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
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