SORTIE REPORT #866
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 42‑29717 ⇗ 544th SU*H MR. FIVE BY FIVE
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Carpenter, Walter Richard⇗ 544 Returned To Base
Co-pilot Kennedy, John Benton, Jr⇗ 544 Returned To Base
Navigator Hedin, Carl Anton⇗ 544 Returned To Base
Bombardier Altman, Murray David⇗ 544 Returned To Base
Radio Operator Fallesen, Wayne Peter⇗ 544 Returned To Base
Engineer/Top Turret McCracken, Dwight Howard⇗ 544 Returned To Base
Ball Turret O'Leary, Edward Joseph⇗ 544 Returned To Base
Tail Gunner Girard, Donald Robert⇗ 544 Returned To Base
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Zyglowicz, Bernard Frank⇗ 544 Returned To Base
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Leibring, Clarence Paul⇗ 544 Returned To Base
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