SORTIE REPORT #1813
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: Wing deputy, 41st B Combat Wing.
TOO (Visual)
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yard
Type: Transportation
Location: Lingen, Germany
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑37801 ⇗ 547th SO*G DYNAMITE EXPRESS
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Urton, Raymond Lee⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Castleman, Milton Eugene⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Harvey, Harry Blakely, Jr⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Arquette, Leroy Arthur⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Smith, Robert Eugene⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Beaty, Earl Richard⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Jackson, Billy J (IO)⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Pharr, Keating Sams⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Smith, Walter Blaine⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Ripley, Seth Thomas⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
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