SORTIE REPORT #1789
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑02‑21 64 228 Target: Fighter Field & Aircraft Storage Depot
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Werl, Germany
Big Week: Day Two: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided two group formations for todays missions. They flew as the lead and low groups of the 41st B Combat Wing. Finding the primary target covered with clouds, they reversed course and sought targets-of-opportunity through breaks in the clouds. Eventually, a visual attack was made on the city of Lingen, Germany, focused on the marshalling yards and surrounding industrial area.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: Low Squadron lead, lead group.
TOO (Visual)
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yard
Type: Transportation
Location: Lingen, Germany
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17F 42‑30026 ⇗ 546th BK*J BATTLEWAGON Flynn, Roland (NMI)
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Wilson, William Monroe⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Stallings, Gordon Kenneth⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Shattuck, Jack Dale⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Alles, William George⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Compton, James Harold⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Birnbaum, Lester (NMI)⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Heintzelman, David Leroy⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Greene, Frank Palmer⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Pavlisko, John Arthur⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Warshawsky, Morris (NMI)⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
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