SORTIE REPORT #10584
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 deputy and hot camera ship.
Primary (Visual)
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 Pierce, Oscar William⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Espey, Albert Nolan⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Claflin, Richard Edwin⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Forristal, John Joseph⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Palmer, Eldo L⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Taylor, Charles E⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
RADAR Countermeasures Groom, William Emmett, Jr⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Read, Alfred J⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Polowy, Thaddeus (NMI)⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Neubauer, Robert Paul⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
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