SORTIE REPORT #2485
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 42‑39888 ⇗ 544th SU*B HOTNUTS
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Foster, James Everett⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Duffy, John H⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Vernon, Sheldon Ira⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Ferazzi, Gabriel Ernest⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Corbett, Thomas Walter⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Birch, Frank Austin⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Overcash, Jimmy Lee, Jr⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Matthijetz, Carl Walter⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Corfield, Robert Milton⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Cochran, Thomas Tidwell⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
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