SORTIE REPORT #7202
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑10‑30 216 693 Target: Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Primary Spared - Secondary Bombed: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the 41st CBW B Group for today's mission. Dense clouds again cloaked the synthetic oil plant at Gelsenkirchen. The Group attacked the PFF secondary target instead.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: High Squadron hot camera ship.
Secondary (PFF)
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Hamm, Germany
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 42‑107121 ⇗ 546th BK*J KENTUCKY COLONEL / HELENA II Stachon, John Joseph
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Hartness, Joseph George, Jr⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Somers, James Lowell⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Hightshoe, Clarence Cecil⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Burns, Robert (NMI)⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Burek, Stanley Thomas⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Walcott, Lester Allen⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Wisdahl, Raymond Orlando⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Beesley, Delmar James⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Rock, Frank Willis⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
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