SORTIE REPORT #3554
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
Comments: Low Group, High Squadron Deputy.
Primary (Visual)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑97824 ⇗ 544th SU*U not known
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot James, Robert Huey⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Rochette, Harold Irving⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Bronstein, David (NMI)⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Sarver, Harold Thomas⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Brown, Joe Erwin⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Shay, James William, Jr⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Smith, Herman Eugene⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Harris, Thomas James⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Cassidy, Michael Joseph⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
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