SORTIE REPORT #6863
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑10‑09 208 670 Target: Ball-Bearing Plant
Type: Bearings Industry
Location: Schweinfurt, Germany
Schweinfurt Attacked: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the lead group of the 41st CBW A wing on today's mission. Weather at the target was 10/10ths clouds, and the decision was made to bomb the PFF target. Results were unobserved.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission Primary (PFF)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 42‑102500 ⇗ 546th BK*L not known Flynn, Roland (NMI)
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Mohler, John Grigsby⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Erickson, Stanley Wallace⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Proto, Michael John⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Cropp, Thomas Edison⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Markasky, Albert Edward⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Girman, Frank (NMI)⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Pollak, Norman Marcus⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Johnson, Lester Mendle⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Locke, Warren Franklin⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
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