SORTIE REPORT #7703
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: Lead Squadron, 41st Bomb Wing D group.
Secondary (PFF)
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Münster, Germany
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 43‑37971 ⇗ 545th JD*T not known
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Peters, Lloyd Arman⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Weisenberg, Leonard NMI⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Simpson, Hubert Daniel, Jr⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Hall, Horace Homer⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Covell, Charles Francis⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Hornack, William Paul⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Ketchledge, Edward (NMI)⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Bridget, John Harold⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Cates, Clay Franklin⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
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