SORTIE REPORT #10793
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1945‑03‑31 301 920 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Lützkendorf, Germany
Division Bombs Tertiary Target: Due to adverse weather conditions, Division ordered our formations to bomb the tertiary target. Leaving the target area as briefed, they encountered the 3rd division making a bomb run on Merseburg, but avoided mishap.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission Tertiary (PFF)
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Halle, Germany
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 43‑38974 ⇗ 544th SU*H not known
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Van Pelt, Charles A⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Hastings, David Shove⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Adams, John Howard⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Slack, Raymond Carl⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Guentzel, Otto William⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Secrest, Marvin Victor⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
RADAR Countermeasures Groom, William Emmett, Jr⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Spradlin, Clifford Wright⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Den Herder, Edward (NMI)⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Payne, Albert M⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
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