SORTIE REPORT #3550
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
B-17G 42‑97320 ⇗ 544th SU*G HOT ROCK
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Melzar, Raymond Augustus, Jr⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Yount, Donald Laverne⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Swisher, Glenn Everett⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Ross, Ralph Kessler⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Sherriff, Albert Keith⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Ronquist, Reuben Jacob⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Walker, Charles Junior⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Wilson, Clarence Eugene⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Broussard, Joseph Ellis⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
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