SORTIE REPORT #2156
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
B-17G 42‑37789 ⇗ 544th SU*H THE LOOSE GOOSE
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Goller, Theodore (NMI), Jr⇗ 544 Spare, Returned
Co-pilot Hall, Barney Marcus, Jr⇗ 544 Spare, Returned
Navigator Mohr, Lawrence Charles⇗ 547 Spare, Returned
Togglier Walton, Horace Murphy⇗ 544 Spare, Returned
Radio Operator Bier, Irvin Louis⇗ 544 Spare, Returned
Engineer/Top Turret Reed, Clarence Eugene⇗ 544 Spare, Returned
Ball Turret Houston, Samuel Vance⇗ 544 Spare, Returned
Tail Gunner Hall, Lawrence Marion⇗ 544 Spare, Returned
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Howell, Roy Foster⇗ 544 Spare, Returned
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Way, Arthur Harold⇗ 544 Spare, Returned
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