SORTIE REPORT #1990
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 with supercharger trouble.
N/A
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑31495 ⇗ 544th SU*R WABBIT TWACKS
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Goller, Theodore (NMI), Jr⇗ 544 Aborted
Co-pilot Hall, Barney Marcus, Jr⇗ 544 Aborted
Navigator Cittadini, Joseph Lloyd George⇗ 544 Aborted
Bombardier Brown, James Jefferson⇗ 544 Aborted
Radio Operator Bier, Irvin Louis⇗ 544 Aborted
Engineer/Top Turret Reed, Clarence Eugene⇗ 544 Aborted
Ball Turret Houston, Samuel Vance⇗ 544 Aborted
Tail Gunner Walton, Horace Murphy⇗ 544 Aborted
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Way, Arthur Harold⇗ 544 Aborted
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Howell, Roy Foster⇗ 544 Aborted
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