SORTIE REPORT #8435
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 43‑38823 ⇗ 545th JD*H not known
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Fahr, John (NMI)⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Baughman, John R⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Niemiec, Leonard Roy⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Strutz, La Verne Herman⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Luburich, Michael (NMI)⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Hanrahan, Francis Glen⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Waggoner, Buford (NMI)⇗ 545 Wounded
Tail Gunner Roach, William Earl⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Virtue, Earl Elery⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
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