SORTIE REPORT #4919
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: Landed away at RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk, due to low fuel.
Primary (PFF)
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 Seidlein, George Harold⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Borgia, Joseph Francis⇗ 544 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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