SORTIE REPORT #3389
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑05‑25 115 370 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Sarreguemines and Blainville-sur-l'Eau, France
Focus on Transportation: The 384th Bombardment Group (Heavy) provided two group formations for today's mission attacking transportation targets. The first group flew as the high group of the 41st A Combat Bombardment Wing (41A Group) to Sarreguemines, and the second group flew as the high group of the 41st B Combat Bombardment Wing (41B Group) to Blainville-sur-l'Eau. Excellent bombing was possible in the CAVU conditions, and the bombers really hit their targets accurately.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
No Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed
Comments: 41A Group.
N/A
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑97309 ⇗ 545th JD*C KATHLEEN LADY OF VICTORY
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Van Every, Russell Meredith⇗ 545 Spare, Returned
Co-pilot Olson, Norman (NMI)⇗ 545 Spare, Returned
Navigator Nelson, Dale Dunlop⇗ 545 Spare, Returned
Togglier Kalinsky, Morris (NMI)⇗ 545 Spare, Returned
Radio Operator Jelmberg, George Olof⇗ 545 Spare, Returned
Engineer/Top Turret Darling, Gale Lewis⇗ 545 Spare, Returned
Ball Turret D'Apice, Elmer Louie⇗ 545 Spare, Returned
Tail Gunner Doohan, Hugh Anthony⇗ 545 Spare, Returned
Waist (Flexible) Gunner D'Amico, Mario Gabriel⇗ 545 Spare, Returned
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