SORTIE REPORT #7887
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑11‑29 232 729 Target: Oil Refinery
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Misburg, Germany
Refinery Bombed: The 384th provided three squadrons of the lead group of the 41st Bomb Wing C Wing. Advised that the primary target was covered by 10/10ths clouds, the group attacked the secondary (PFF aiming point) target in the same area.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Spare, Completed Mission
Comments: Lead Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
Secondary (PFF)
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Misburg, Germany
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑102661 ⇗ 544th SU*L BIG DOG
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Fleshman, Warren Gray⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Laney, John Neal⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Cochran, John Edward, Jr⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Decker, Floyd Virgil⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Richardson, William Harrison⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Woodruff, Walter Charles, Jr⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Mitchell, Oreal Hugh⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Galetto, Anthony J⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Baumann, Frederick Herman⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
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