SORTIE REPORT #8016
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑12‑04 235 736 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Soest, Germany
Transportation Attacked: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the 41st Combat Wing C Group on today's mission. Each squadron bombed independently on the initial bomb run, the high squadron bombing a little later than the lead and low. As a result, they returned on the briefed route as an individual squadron.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: Low Squadron hot camera ship.
Primary (Gee-H)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 42‑102501 ⇗ 546th BK*H THE CHALLENGER Watterson, Arnold (NMI)
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Salley, Thomas Raysor, Jr⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Barnett, William Alexander⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Henderson, Frank William, Jr⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Hosmer, Richard Clyde⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Wilhelm, Robert Frederick⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Walcott, Lester Allen⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Rogerson, Harold William⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner McCloskey, Arthur Edward⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Anderson, Emmitt Eugene⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
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