SORTIE REPORT #6569
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑09‑27 200 650 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards (PFF Aiming Points)
Type: Transportation
Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany
Marshalling Yards Bombed By PFF: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) formed the 41st CBW A wing for today's attack on railroad marshalling yards in Cologne, Germany.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Spare, Completed Mission
Comments: High group flying spare; joined formation.
Primary (PFF)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 42‑31222 ⇗ 546th BK*D LAZY DAISY Flynn, James Francis
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Farnsworth, Reuben Joseph⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Chamberlin, Myron NMI⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Johns, Dwight LaReuel⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Hammond, Jerrold Eugene⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Wilhelm, Robert Frederick⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Fordham, Howard Calvert⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret McKinney, Roy Willard⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Bauer, Lawrence Martin⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Ortiz, Ralph Gregory⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Stevens, Sam Stanley⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
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