SORTIE REPORT #6517
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑09‑25 198 647 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Primary Target Attacked By PFF: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the 41st CBW B Wing, and as the lead and high groups of the 41st CBW C Wing. In all, 53 aircraft took off between 0700 and 0736. All formations bombed the primary target using PFF aiming, with unobserved results.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: 41st CBW C Wing lead. PFF ship.
Primary (PFF)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 44‑8007 ⇗ 545th JD*Z SCREAMING EAGLE
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Commander Bean, Arthur E, Jr⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Pilot Durdin, Larkin Clayton⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Sarto, Joseph Michael⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Lord, Kenneth Smith⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Mathers, John Bowers⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Peters, Joseph James⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Saults, John Elliott⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Randall, Frank Abbott⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Rafeld, Richard Eugene⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Morris, Edward Paul⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Thulin, Theodore Clemence⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
SORTIE-RELATED DOCUMENTS:
TYPE IDENTIFICATION
Photo1944-09-25, Wing Lead, A. Bean, L. Durdin
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