SORTIE REPORT #2154
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)
Yes Completed Mission Primary (Visual)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 42‑37776 ⇗ 546th BK*R LADY DREW Coon, Lawrence John
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Horton, Lloyd (NMI), Jr⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Smith, Charles Grover⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Colarusso, Alfred James⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Baker, Earl Shelton⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Fless, Gustave (NMI)⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Hunt, Leo Albert⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Couture, Clement Adrian⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Parsons, Lawrence Lincoln⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Casey, Robert Joseph⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Yeater, James Thomas⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
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