SORTIE REPORT #8397
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑12‑27 244 764 Target: Bridge (Tactical)
Type: Transportation
Location: Altenahr, Germany
Tactical Support For Troops: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) led the 1st Division in the lead A Group of the 41st Combat Wing. The lead and low squadrons bombed the primary target. The high squadron attacked the marshalling yards at Koblenz, Germany.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 44‑6514. High Squadron.
Secondary (PFF)
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Koblenz, Germany
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑102430 ⇗ 545th JD*O SPAM-O-LINER
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Owens, Robert Clare⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Buswell, Richard Grant⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Stockman, William Alexander⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Berry, Ivan Carl⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Munro, William David⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Squier, Vanny DeForest⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Horan, Albert Sherwood⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner King, Carleton William⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Gardner, Vernon Percy⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
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