SORTIE REPORT #1802
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: FLIGHT TIME 7:30
TOO (Visual)
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yard
Type: Transportation
Location: Lingen, Germany
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17F 41‑24560 ⇗ 544th SU*A LITTLE AUDREY
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Jorgenson, Henry (NMI), Jr⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Lotz, William Henry, Jr⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator McKinney, David Webster⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Oyler, Ernest Renwick⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Owens, John Ralph⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Biederman, Harold Leroy⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Arnold, Walter Howard⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Clark, Alfred Albert⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Bonanza, John Joseph, Jr⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Harper, William Lester⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
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