SORTIE REPORT #8522
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑12‑31 247 772 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Neuss, Germany
Railroad Target Attacked: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) led the 1st Air Division on todays mission. All three squadrons of the 384th Bomb Group formation - 41st Combat Wing B Group - attacked the marshalling yards in Neuss, Germany. Although the weather at the IP was fairly clear, 'Buckeye-Red' advised 10/10ths cloud cover at the target, thus necessitating an instrument assisted bomb run using Gee-H.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission Primary (Gee-H)
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 Hoppen, Jack Stewart⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Stundis, Hilari Harry⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Adams, John Howard⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Durborow, Clarence James⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Clingler, Warren Eugene⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Dobrescu, Frederick John⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Lemon, Delbert Kenneth⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Moslein, Augustus Fred⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Cavanaugh, Bernard Francis⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
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