SORTIE REPORT #1985
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)
No Aborted Mission After Taking Off.
Comments: Turned back because #2 engine supercharger surged and oscillated.
FLIGHT TIME 4:40
N/A
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑31346 ⇗ 544th SU*Q SHACK RABBIT
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Jorgenson, Henry (NMI), Jr⇗ 544 Aborted
Co-pilot Kennedy, John Benton, Jr⇗ 544 Aborted
Navigator Oyler, Ernest Renwick⇗ 544 Aborted
Togglier Harper, William Lester⇗ 544 Aborted
Radio Operator Owens, John Ralph⇗ 544 Aborted
Engineer/Top Turret Biederman, Harold Leroy⇗ 544 Aborted
Ball Turret Arnold, Walter Howard⇗ 544 Aborted
Tail Gunner Clark, Alfred Albert⇗ 544 Aborted
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Hall, Lawrence Marion⇗ 544 Aborted
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Stevens, John Jay⇗ 544 Aborted
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