SORTIE REPORT #3545
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)
No Aborted Mission After Taking Off.
Comments: Lead Group, original Wing Deputy. Turned back at 0948 hrs because #2 and #3 engines failed.
N/A
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑97263 ⇗ 547th SO*D LADY MARGARET
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Hale, Charles Eugene⇗ 547 Aborted
Co-pilot Grant, Walter Edward⇗ 547 Aborted
Navigator Welsbacher, Robert Henry⇗ 547 Aborted
Bombardier Morris, Arthur Joseph⇗ 547 Aborted
Radio Operator Richardson, William Earl⇗ 547 Aborted
Engineer/Top Turret Burlingame, James Wyatt⇗ 547 Aborted
Ball Turret Greene, Henry Tyler, Jr⇗ 547 Aborted
Tail Gunner Asher, John Calvin⇗ 547 Aborted
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Baird, James Joseph⇗ 547 Aborted
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