SORTIE REPORT #769
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1943‑10‑10 31 114 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Münster, Germany
Coesfeld Mistaken for Münster: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided 21 aircraft for today's mission. Aborting aircraft reduced the number attacking to fifteen. At the start of the bomb run, 'we observed a town burning and, mistaking it for the target, made the bomb run. The town was later identified as Coesfeld [Germany].' On the return, weather interfered with recovery operations, forcing seve to land at other fields, and one crew to bail out, leaving their aircraft to crash near Eye.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
No Aborted Mission After Taking Off. N/A
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17F 42‑3259 ⇗ 545th JD*T SNAFU / ALABAMA WHIRLWIND
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Jones, William Arch, Jr⇗ 545 Aborted
Co-pilot Morgan, James Edward, Jr⇗ 545 Aborted
Navigator Coughlin, James Phillip⇗ 545 Aborted
Bombardier Wilson, James Marvin⇗ 545 Aborted
Radio Operator Gager, Homer Dwight⇗ 545 Aborted
Engineer/Top Turret Dowsley, Felix Raymond, Jr⇗ 545 Aborted
Ball Turret Brown, William (NMI)⇗ 545 Aborted
Tail Gunner Pierce, Ralph Emerson, Jr⇗ 545 Aborted
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Rotondi, George William, Jr⇗ 545 Aborted
Waist (Flexible) Gunner White, Frederick Louis⇗ 545 Aborted
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