SORTIE REPORT #8423
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: 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 42‑38208 ⇗ 547th SO*A LILLY BELLE
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Abbott, William H⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Schissel, Gregory Anthony⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Lohn, John G⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Herndon, William Franklin⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Herr, Richard Lee⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Laughlin, Wallace Leroy⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Nieman, Donald F⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Strycek, Joseph John⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Kristof, Laddie (NMI)⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Davidson, Charles Wayne⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
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