SORTIE REPORT #1556
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑01‑30 56 200 Target: Aircraft Assembly Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany
Aircraft Plant Attacked: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) supplied two group formations for today's mission, which flew as the lead and low groups of the 41st Combat Wing A Wing on today's mission. The target was attacked by PFF.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Spare, Completed Mission
Comments: Lead group flying spare; Joined formation. Did not attack target but jettisoned bombs 5 mins after target due to a malfunction in bomb bay doors.
Primary (PFF)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 42‑37848 ⇗ 546th BK*E SISSY Jacobs, Gilbert Oren
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Stier, George Withers⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Bertram, Harold John⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Harvey, Ralph Oscar⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Heine, Robert Paul⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Montagne, Henry Julien Louis⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Kane, Francis Patrick⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret David, Alfred Alme⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Parsons, Lawrence Lincoln⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Norton, Richard Anthony⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Duddy, Martin Joseph⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
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