SORTIE REPORT #8409
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: Low Squadron.
Primary (GH)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑97271 ⇗ 545th JD*A BOSS LADY
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Holmes, George W⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Clishem, James Edward⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Hassard, Robert Clock⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Preble, James Jarvis⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Burke, John Joseph⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Harshman, William Everett⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Applegate, William Charles⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Ransom, George Bernard⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Hultberg, Stanley Robert⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
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