SORTIE REPORT #7708
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; group lead, 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 42‑98027 ⇗ 544th SU*Z SWAMP ANGEL
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Commander Laboda, Joseph Stanley⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Pilot Gross, Kenneth Eugene⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Schwob, Carl Warren⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Sharp, Paul Howard⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Sturgess, James Alfred⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Cox, Frank LeRoy, Jr⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Howe, Vernon Bullock⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Baer, Robert (NMI)⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Guy, Roderick Melbourne⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Van Britson, Raymond Jules⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Guider, Robert Harwood⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
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