SORTIE REPORT #8529
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 GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 44‑6476 ⇗ 546th BK*G not known McKinney, Lauren Lee
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Johnson, Donald Ernest⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Kloss, Stanley Frank⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Henderson, Frank William, Jr⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Schumer, Gerald (NMI)⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Cawthon, William Hilton⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Barnes, Lawrence Valentine, Jr⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Asby, Sidney Lee, Jr⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Matthews, Frederick Donald⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Plont, George John⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
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