SORTIE REPORT #7897
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 Completed Mission Secondary (PFF)
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Misburg, Germany
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 42‑97251 ⇗ 546th BK*O SNUFFY Kahn, Arthur William
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Somers, James Lowell⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Skelton, Leslie Parker⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator McCaffrey, William Henry⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Hiner, William Max⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Meyer, Melvin Joseph⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Rivers, Arthur Raymond⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Romeo, Reno (NMI)⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Brooks, Donald Lee⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Blickstein, Martin J⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
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