SORTIE REPORT #4811
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑07‑11 155 466 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Munich / München, Germany
First 384th Munich Mission: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) led the 41st B Combat Bombardment Wing, and also supplied the wing's low group on today's mission. A long mission, the wing was airborne for over four-and-a-half hours before dropping its bombs using PFF aiming. The return flight was another four hours.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑107083.
Primary (PFF)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑37822 ⇗ 544th SU*C THE 'LEAD BANANA'
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Jennings, William Cornelius⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Hayes, Edgar Jerome, Jr⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Siewers, Richard Joseph, Jr⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Burns, Robert Henry⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Golas, Matthew Walter⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Summers, Leonard Eugene⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret James, Edward Oscar, Jr⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Hoechst, Joseph Frederick⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Poore, Eugene Francis⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
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