SORTIE REPORT #3528
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑05‑30 120 380 Target: Aircraft Hangars and Repair Sheds
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Halberstadt, Germany
Airfield Targeted: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the Lead and Low Groups of the 41st B Combat Bombardment Wing, the last of six Wings in Air Task Force 1, on today's mission. With good conditions for visual bombing, the target was hit hard.
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 42‑102501 ⇗ 546th BK*H THE CHALLENGER Watterson, Arnold (NMI)
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Rosborough, James Edward⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Matlack, Vincent DePaul, Jr⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator O'Neill, John Patrick⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Fletcher, John Joseph⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Ford, Howard Emerson⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Bedsted, Lee Roy⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Gerhold, Melvin Henry⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Raines, Louis Edward⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Brecht, Victor Douglas⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
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