SORTIE REPORT #7430
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑11‑06 221 704 Target: Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Bottrop (Welheim), Germany
Attack on Oil: The 384th Bombardment Group flew as the 41st Combat Wing C Group for today's mission. All three squadrons bombed separately, with the high squadron making two bomb runs due to bomb release failure. As a result, the high squadron made the return trip to Grafton Underwood alone.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: Low Squadron lead. PFF ship.
Primary (Gee-H)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 44‑8008 ⇗ 544th SU*Y not known
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Commander Minor, Henry W, Jr⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Pilot Martin, Donald Francis⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Stoltze, Albert C⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Harrison, Arthur Seymour⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Saunders, James Bernard⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Flatt, James Edward⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Claxon, Ernest Haydon⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Coburn, Ellsworth Gorden⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Winiarski, Eugene Alphonse⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Van Britson, Raymond Jules⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
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