SORTIE REPORT #11747
Event Date: 1944-09-11
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
No Returned To Base
Comments: While taxiing on the perimeter track following a training flight, the left wing was slightly damaged when it hit a truck. No crew injuries were reported.
Non-Combat Sortie
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 43‑38016 ⇗ 544th SU*R LORRAINE
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Allred, Frank Lavon⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Reed, William Marcus⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Lord, Kenneth Smith⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Drury, Eldon Boyd⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Mitchell, Robert McKinley, Jr⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Eckels, John Edward⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Instructor Knapp, Julius Z⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
SORTIE-RELATED DOCUMENTS:
TYPE IDENTIFICATION
ACCIREPAccident Report # 44-09-11-515⇗
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