SORTIE REPORT #848
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1943‑10‑30 Target: Marshaling Yard
Type: Transportation
Location: Geilenkirchen, Germany
Weather Forces Recall: At 1040 hours the Group Leader received a messaage that the mission was scrubbed and all planes returned to this base with their bomb loads.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
No Mission Recalled Database Incomplete
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17F 42‑30026 ⇗ 546th BK*J BATTLEWAGON Flynn, Roland (NMI)
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Air Commander Dillingham, Maurice Stanley⇗ 547 Returned To Base
Co-pilot Willing, Mark Skinner, Jr⇗ 547 Returned To Base
Navigator Haley, Bruce Thomas⇗ 547 Returned To Base
Bombardier Brown, William C⇗ Returned To Base
Radio Operator Benson, Thomas Joseph⇗ 547 Returned To Base
Engineer/Top Turret Holloway, Durwood Harmon⇗ 547 Returned To Base
Ball Turret Ott, Robert Edward⇗ 547 Returned To Base
Tail Gunner Ripley, Seth Thomas⇗ 547 Returned To Base
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Witt, Francis John, Jr⇗ 547 Returned To Base
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Smith, Robert Eugene⇗ 547 Returned To Base
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