SORTIE REPORT #6707
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑10‑02 203 658 Target: Ford Motor Works
Type: Industry
Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany
Cologne Bombed: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) formed the 41st CBW A Group for today's mission. Weather and equipment failures forced a decision to drop bombs on the center of the city.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: High Squadron hot camera ship.
Secondary (PFF)
Target: City
Type: Non-Military
Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑97309 ⇗ 545th JD*C KATHLEEN LADY OF VICTORY
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Farra, Robert Leslie⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot O'Donnell, Phillip John⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Richardson, Frederick Madison⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Batte, Clyde DeLay⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Schwartzly, Anthony Joseph⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret McGee, Earl Thomas⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Henderson, Clinton Lee⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Keefe, William (NMI)⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Freitas, Lawrence Ernest⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
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