SORTIE REPORT #2161
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
Comments: Low Squadron deputy, lead group, 41st Combat Bombardment Wing.
Primary (Visual)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑38158 ⇗ 547th SO*L JEAN
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Lavin, James Robert⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Roth, Verle Leroy⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Ashman, Harold Eugene⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Anthes, Calvin Leroy⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Price, Edward Lyle⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Hollar, Troy (NMI)⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Brady, Lloyd George⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Malone, James Woodie⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Marz, Raymond Richard⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Johnson, Charles William⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
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