SORTIE REPORT #8155
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑12‑11 238 746 Target: Road & Rail Bridge
Type: Transportation
Location: Mannheim, Germany
Rhine Bridge(s) Targeted: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew four squadrons on today's mission. Three squadrons comprised the 41st Combat Wing B Group, and the remaining squadron flew in the low position of the 41st D Group. The target for all was a bridge (or adjacent bridges) for road and rail traffic across the Rhine River linking Mannheim with Ludwigshafen. The B Group lead and low squadrons bombed by PFF, while the B Group high squadron, and the low squadron of the D Group bombed by Gee-H.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: High Squadron, B Group.
Primary (GH)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 44‑6476 ⇗ 546th BK*G not known McKinney, Lauren Lee
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Rummel, Brian Dunn, Jr⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Kuite, Donald Warren⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator McCaffrey, William Henry⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Oliveira, Calvin George⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Wilhelm, Robert Frederick⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Weckerly, Neuland Edwin⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Hinojos, Charles Acevedo⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Moore, Thomas Joseph⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Anderson, Emmitt Eugene⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
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