SORTIE REPORT #853
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
B-17F 42‑3259 ⇗ 545th JD*T SNAFU / ALABAMA WHIRLWIND
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Jones, William Arch, Jr⇗ 545 Returned To Base
Co-pilot Morgan, James Edward, Jr⇗ 545 Returned To Base
Navigator Coughlin, James Phillip⇗ 545 Returned To Base
Radar Navigator Gager, Homer Dwight⇗ 545 Returned To Base
Bombardier Wilson, James Marvin⇗ 545 Returned To Base
Engineer/Top Turret Dowsley, Felix Raymond, Jr⇗ 545 Returned To Base
Ball Turret Brown, William (NMI)⇗ 545 Returned To Base
Tail Gunner Pierce, Ralph Emerson, Jr⇗ 545 Returned To Base
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Rotondi, George William, Jr⇗ 545 Returned To Base
Waist (Flexible) Gunner White, Frederick Louis⇗ 545 Returned To Base
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