SORTIE REPORT #1980
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑03‑03 70 246 Target: Roller-Bearing Factory
Type: Bearings Industry
Location: Berlin, Germany
8th AF: Mission Recalled: Mission recalled by 8th AF after entering enemy airspace, due to fuel shortage caused by maneuvering necessitated by weather: recalled crews were awarded combat credit for the mission.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Mission Recalled
Comments: Uncontrollable superchargers made formation flying difficult.
No Target Attacked
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 Courtemanche, Ralph Eudor⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Hartness, Joseph George, Jr⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Parisette, Donald Frederick⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Thaxter, Floyd Wilson⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Turner, Claude Murphy⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Geronemo, James Anthony⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Aronson, Isadore Irving⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Hosmer, Richard Clyde⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Zee, Julius (NMI)⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Zieba, Edmund (NMI)⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
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