SORTIE REPORT #6724
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 Secondary (PFF)
Target: City
Type: Non-Military
Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 43‑38548 ⇗ 546th BK*M not known Jacobs, Gilbert Oren
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Salley, Thomas Raysor, Jr⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Barnett, William Alexander⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator McCaffrey, William Henry⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Hosmer, Richard Clyde⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Lee, Van (NMI)⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Brown, Oakley Wayne⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Rogerson, Harold William⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner McCloskey, Arthur Edward⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Anderson, Emmitt Eugene⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
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