SORTIE REPORT #7693
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
Comments: PFF ship; low Squadron lead, 41st Bomb Wing C group.
Secondary (PFF)
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Münster, Germany
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑97592 ⇗ 547th SO*Y not known
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Commander Bean, Donald Wesley⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Pilot Smith, Jack M⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Jones, Albert Eugene⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Stoltze, Albert C⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Frazier, William Edward, Jr⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Benson, Thomas Joseph⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Nastick, Henry Pete⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Olson, Robert Woodrow⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Casper, Delmar Rulon⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Gordon, Omar Leslie, Jr⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
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