SORTIE REPORT #8560
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
Comments: Low Squadron deputy.
Primary (Gee-H)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 43‑38800 ⇗ 547th SO*K BUSY BUZZARD
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Rowe, George B⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Huff, Charles Andrew⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Gullekson, Leslie Curtis⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier McDaniel, Oscar Kenneth⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Chernitsky, Thomas William⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Hill, John R⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Hammack, William Glenn⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Boyd, Lester Ross⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Matthews, Franklin Waller⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
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