SORTIE REPORT #2144
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑03‑18 76 264 Target: Aircraft Assembly & Repair Works
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Two Targets Attacked: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided two formations for today's mission. A group size formation led the 41st Combat Bombardment Wing, while a squadron size formation led the high composite group of the same wing. All targets were attacked by visual means.
Five aircraft of High Composite Group, led by Capt J M Merritt, bombed an airfield in the vicinity of Memmingen, Germany as a Last Resort Target: they were unable to drop on the primary target because another formation was below them.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
No Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed N/A
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 42‑97081 ⇗ 546th BK*K not known Watterson, Arnold (NMI)
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Pryor, Raymond Thomas⇗ 545 Spare, Returned
Co-pilot Helmley, Loyd Elmer⇗ 545 Spare, Returned
Navigator Harmon, Frank James⇗ 545 Spare, Returned
Togglier Dillingham, Desmond Quinton⇗ 545 Spare, Returned
Radio Operator Hitchcock, Carl Edwin⇗ 545 Spare, Returned
Engineer/Top Turret Mazzaccaro, Augustine Frank⇗ 545 Spare, Returned
Ball Turret Stauffer, Karl Fred⇗ 545 Spare, Returned
Tail Gunner Coppage, Raymond Donald⇗ 545 Spare, Returned
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Flynn, Timothy Francis⇗ 545 Spare, Returned
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Marshall, Milford (NMI)⇗ 545 Spare, Returned
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