SORTIE REPORT #7706
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)
No Aborted Mission After Taking Off.
Comments: Ground Spare Aircraft, replaced 42‑97150. Aborted, unable to locate formation after taking off late.
N/A
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑38013 ⇗ 547th SO*C NEVADA AVENGER
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Jackson, Oakley Homer, Jr⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Calkins, John Bartlett⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Lucas, Leonard Edmond⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Senchuk, Paul Sam⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Ziner, Allen Edward⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Cappiello, Gaetano Thomas⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Phelps, James Norman⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Kelly, Vincent Joseph Leo⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Haight, Keith Rodney⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
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