SORTIE REPORT #8044
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 lead. PFF & Gee-H ship. Landed away at Boxted due to low fuel.
Primary (Gee-H)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 44‑8221 ⇗ 547th SO*X not known
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Commander Davis, L K (IO), Jr⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Pilot Oosterhof, Franklin Gerald⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Hightshoe, Clarence Cecil⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Stoltze, Albert C⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Richert, Clarendon George⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Brenner, John Thomas⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Finley, Carl Eugene⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Rodgers, William Mack⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Tobman, Milton (NMI)⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Austin, Ralph Earl⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
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