SORTIE REPORT #2482
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑04‑10 87 295 Target: Evere Airfield (50°54'3"N 4°20'9"E)
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Brussels / Bruxelles, Belgium
Good Weather Helps: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the high group of the 41st Combat Wing on today's mission. Good weather, for a change, aided assembly and bombing, and allowed all aircraft to return to base.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission Primary (Visual)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑37816 ⇗ 545th JD*S BIG STUPE V
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Heffley, Farris Ormond⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Mabe, Walter Breeden⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Carini, Louis Peter⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Betolatti, John (NMI)⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Shade, William James⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Deutsch, Samuel (NMI)⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Bechtel, Robert William⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Alfter, Glen Edward⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Allen, George William⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Gatzman, Ralph Lee⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
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