SORTIE REPORT #857
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
Comments: Maj. Ketelsen HSqLd
Database Incomplete
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17F 41‑24557 ⇗ 545th JD*O DAMN YANKEE
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Sundlun, Bruce George⇗ 545 Returned To Base
Co-pilot Zitnik, Charles Allen⇗ 545 Returned To Base
Navigator Jylkka, Reino Oswal⇗ 545 Returned To Base
Bombardier McGovern, Vincent James⇗ 545 Returned To Base
Radio Operator Snyder, Charles Leslie⇗ 545 Returned To Base
Engineer/Top Turret Ramsey, William Marion⇗ 545 Returned To Base
Ball Turret Curtis, William Stanley⇗ 545 Returned To Base
Tail Gunner Lekas, Frank (NMI)⇗ 545 Returned To Base
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Cappelletti, Mike Joseph⇗ 545 Returned To Base
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Hayes, George Clayborne⇗ 545 Returned To Base
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