SORTIE REPORT #2783
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑04‑27 97 323.1 Target: Toul/Croix de Metz Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Nancy, France
Airfield Targeted: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) led the 41st Combat Bombardment Wing on the second of two missions today. Hazy conditions at the target did not hinder good bombing.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission Primary (Visual)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 42‑107057 ⇗ 546th BK*T SPIRIT OF 96 Priesnitz, Frank Joseph, Jr
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Gottfried, Raymond Nathan⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Yount, Donald Laverne⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Sell, Herman Rewellien⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Simons, Harry (NMI)⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Podos, Bernard (NMI)⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Hagan, Eugene Thomas⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Hendricks, William Chalmers⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner McCullough, Jerry Lynnell⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Handley, Warren Joseph⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Myers, Lewis Porter⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
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