SORTIE REPORT #862
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-17G 42‑37758 ⇗ 545th JD*W KENTUCKY KERNEL
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Bedsole, Joseph Linyer, Jr⇗ 545 Returned To Base
Co-pilot Cosentino, George (NMI)⇗ 545 Returned To Base
Navigator Groh, Harold Chester⇗ 545 Returned To Base
Bombardier Wismann, William Charles⇗ 545 Returned To Base
Radio Operator Woodall, Arthur James, Jr⇗ 545 Returned To Base
Engineer/Top Turret Maruszak, Karol Leonard⇗ 545 Returned To Base
Ball Turret Hotis, Leo Constantine⇗ 545 Returned To Base
Tail Gunner McMichael, Marion Louis⇗ 545 Returned To Base
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Mazewski, Michael Henry, Jr⇗ 545 Returned To Base
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Ward, Clarence Howard⇗ 545 Returned To Base
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