SORTIE REPORT #11642
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑02‑04 58 208 Target: Alfred Teves Main Works: Aircraft Parts Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Attack On Aircraft Parts Plant: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) supplied two group formations for today's mission, which were assigned to fly as the high groups of the 41st A and B Combat Wings. Both groups completed the mission and bombed via PFF on their respective wing leads.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: High group, 41st A Combat Wing. Landed away on return at RAF Woodbridge, Suffolk, due to low fuel.
Primary (PFF)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17F 42‑29636 ⇗ 546th BK*F X-VIRGIN Kishel, Stanley John
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Jeter, Sydney Ryland, Jr⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Gadd, Elliott Leroy⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Schweikart, John William⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Swanson, Kenneth John⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Dupuis, George Edward⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret MacDonald, Donald Van Buskirk⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Lisch, John Robert⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Bishop, Nelson M J⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Madl, Ferdinand Jacob⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Persoskie, Metro (NMI)⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
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