SORTIE REPORT #7271
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑11‑01 217 696 Target: Nordstern Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Two Squadrons Hit Primary: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) led the 1st Air Division and the 41st CBW Wing formation in the A Group position. The Lead and high squadrons completed a Gee-H attack on the primary as planned. The low group's Gee-H equipment failed prior to arriving at the primary IP, so it flew directly to the secondary target IP and attacked that target using PFF.
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 43‑38766 ⇗ 546th BK*R TU YUNG TU Jones, Robert A
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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