SORTIE REPORT #6732
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑10‑03 204 662 Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Wesseling, Germany
Synthetic Oil Bombed: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the 41st CBW C Group on today's mission. The formation dropped its bombs using Gee-H aiming. Although the lead aircraft had equipment problems and ordered the deputy to take the lead using PFF, the Gee-H 'came back in again' and the bombs were away using that.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission Primary (Gee-H)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 42‑102500 ⇗ 546th BK*L not known Flynn, Roland (NMI)
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Brookshire, James D⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Somers, James Lowell⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Mechanick, Harold (NMI)⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Chadwick, Ronald H⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Alexander, Arthur Walton⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Rivers, Arthur Raymond⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Hess, Frank (NMI)⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Hiner, William Max⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Buersmeyer, Sylvanus Reginald⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
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