SORTIE REPORT #2790
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
Comments: Low Squadron deputy.
Primary (Visual)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑97188 ⇗ 544th SU*A not known
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Farthing, Frank (NMI)⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Cole, Alfred Holton⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Oyler, Ernest Renwick⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Harper, William Lester⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Cicci, Joseph Leonard⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Biederman, Harold Leroy⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Engwer, Donald Leroy⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Clark, Alfred Albert⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Stevens, John Jay⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Graham, John Mebane⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
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