SORTIE REPORT #7678
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑11‑20 227 718 Target: Buer Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Marshalling Yards Bombed: A combination of equipment failures prevented the planned Gee-H attack on the primary target. Therefore, all squadrons of the 384th attacked the secondary PFF target.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission Secondary (PFF)
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Münster, Germany
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑102661 ⇗ 544th SU*L BIG DOG
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Groff, Richard Hubert⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Gray, Fred Price⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Gilliam, Charles Lamb⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Gabriel, Joseph Albert⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Ludvik, Antone Francis⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Erich, Milton Benjamin⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Laursen, Harold James⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Yelinich, John (NMI), Jr⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Haskell, William Hilton⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
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