SORTIE REPORT #7700
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: Landed away at Bassingbourn, due to weather.
Secondary (PFF)
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Münster, Germany
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 43‑37843 ⇗ 547th SO*B ALEX
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Mock, John Montague, Jr⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Huff, Charles Andrew⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Weckerly, John Benjamin⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Puchalski, Walter Francis⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Sweeney, Robert Emmet⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Kugler, James Hart⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Higbie, Franklyn Henry⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Grubbs, Wilmer Harold⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Poulos, William Toney⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
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