SORTIE REPORT #10535
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1945‑03‑23 295 908 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Gladbeck, Germany
Pinpoint Accuracy: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the 41st Bombardment Wing B Group on today's mission. Clear conditions on the bomb run and at the target resulted in accurate bombing.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: Low Squadron deputy and hot camera ship.
Primary (Visual)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 43‑39138 ⇗ 544th SU*G not known
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Pierce, Oscar William⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Espey, Albert Nolan⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Claflin, Richard Edwin⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Forristal, John Joseph⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Palmer, Eldo L⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Taylor, Charles E⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
RADAR Countermeasures Knagg, John A⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Read, Alfred J⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Polowy, Thaddeus (NMI)⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Neubauer, Robert Paul⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
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