SORTIE REPORT #1808
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: High Squadron deputy, low group. Landed away at Rattlesden due to technical failures.
TOO (Visual)
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yard
Type: Transportation
Location: Lingen, Germany
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17F 42‑29703 ⇗ 544th SU*E KATHY JANE TALLYWACKER
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot West, George Berry⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Yount, Donald Laverne⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator DeWitt, Robert Courtney⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Credidio, Anthony Joseph⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Anderson, Charles LeRoy⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Crippen, Creig B⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Skerko, John (NMI)⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Graeb, William Louis⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Figley, Wilbert Guy⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Ray, William Charles⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
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