SORTIE REPORT #8049
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: High Squadron.
Primary (Gee-H)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 43‑38673 ⇗ 545th JD*L not known
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Hicks, Kenneth Delmont⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Welsh, James H⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Bierman, Robert (NMI)⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Strutz, La Verne Herman⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Loffarelli, Clarence Peter⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Werner, Edwin J (IO)⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Kotnik, Robert Rudolph⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Thompson, LeDru Myron⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Adams, Jack Colvin⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
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