SORTIE REPORT #2898
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑05‑07 101 342 Target: Friedrichstrasse Railroad Station
Type: Transportation
Location: Berlin, Germany
Rail Transportation Attacked: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew two group formations as the lead and low groups of the 41st A Combat Bombardment Wing on today's mission. The bombing radar on both the lead and deputy ships were erratic, but worked when needed.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Failed To Return
Comments: At 1020 hrs had #2 engine feathered and started straggling five minutes later, then feathered #4 and peeled off in sharp glide to left rather fast, but still under control; at 1022 jettisoned bombs and turned back at 1027; flak, crashed near Jade, Germany. MACR 4811
Primary (PFF)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑31235 ⇗ 544th SU*C GOIN DOG
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Goller, Theodore (NMI), Jr⇗ 544 POW
Co-pilot Martin, Gregory Leon⇗ 544 POW
Navigator Cittadini, Joseph Lloyd George⇗ 544 POW
Bombardier Grilli, Eugene Philip⇗ 544 POW
Radio Operator Bier, Irvin Louis⇗ 544 POW
Engineer/Top Turret Reed, Clarence Eugene⇗ 544 POW
Ball Turret Wearne, Walter Eugene⇗ 544 POW
Tail Gunner Walton, Horace Murphy⇗ 544 POW
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Way, Arthur Harold⇗ 544 POW
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Howell, Roy Foster⇗ 544 POW
SORTIE-RELATED DOCUMENTS:
TYPE IDENTIFICATION
MACRMissing Air Crew Report # 4811⇗
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