SORTIE REPORT #7716
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 Secondary (PFF)
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Münster, Germany
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 43‑38548 ⇗ 546th BK*M not known Abe, Ernest, Jr
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Mead, Frank Willard⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Daniel, Thomas Cogswell, Jr⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Toler, Charles Frederick, Jr⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Cropp, Thomas Edison⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Hofferber, Reuben (NMI)⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Miller, Orus Denvil⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Hinojos, Charles Acevedo⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Moore, Thomas Joseph⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Strain, John Linton⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
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