SORTIE REPORT #2546
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑04‑13 89 301 Target: Ball-Bearing Plant
Type: Bearings Industry
Location: Schweinfurt, Germany
Primary Attacked, Huge Losses: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the high group of the 41st Combat Wing on today's mission. Vicious fighter attacks knocked down nine of our aircraft - the greatest one mission loss for the Group during the war - but the bombers were able to attack the assigned target with good results.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Failed To Return
Comments: High group lead. Shot down by enemy aircraft at 1350 hrs; hits scored on #3 engine, which was immediately feathered, and gas tank; entire right wing broke into a mass of flames; crashed near Gumpen, Germany. MACR 3867
Primary (Visual)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑31433 ⇗ 547th SO*V RUM POT II
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Commander Bedsole, Joseph Linyer, Jr⇗ 547 KIA
Pilot Stearns, Clarence Grover⇗ 547 POW
Navigator Hock, Robert Edward⇗ 547 POW
Bombardier Ackerson, Donald Richard⇗ 547 POW
Radio Operator Hill, Edward Theodore⇗ 547 POW/Wounded
Engineer/Top Turret Barkhurst, David Luther⇗ 547 POW
Ball Turret Joseph, Pierre (NMI)⇗ 547 POW
Tail Gunner Martell, Warren Harding⇗ 547 POW
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Robison, John Timothy⇗ 547 POW/Wounded
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Corrigan, Theodore Bernard⇗ 547 POW
SORTIE-RELATED DOCUMENTS:
TYPE IDENTIFICATION
MACRMissing Air Crew Report # 3867⇗
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