SORTIE REPORT #4909
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑07‑16 158 476 Target: Aero Engine Factory
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Munich / München, Germany
Again to Munich: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) led the 41st Combat Bombardment Wing, the fifth of seven wings of Air Task Force #1, on today's mission. Again the weather required the use of PFF aiming for dropping the bomb loads.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: High Squadron Lead.
Primary (PFF)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 44‑6141 ⇗ 544th SU*F SNEAKIN DEACON
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
Bombardier Watson, Gavin (NMI), Jr⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Brown, Joe Erwin⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Shay, James William, Jr⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Morris, Edward Paul⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Kew, John Harry ⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Cassidy, Michael Joseph⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
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