SORTIE REPORT #8959
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1945‑01‑20 257 801 Target: Rail and Road Bridges
Type: Transportation
Location: Mannheim, Germany
Transportation Bombed: The 384th Bombardment Group (Heavy) formed the 41st B group on today's mission. Weather prevented visual bombing, and the formation was unable to use Gee-H guidance to the target, so the PFF Primary target was bombed, with unobserved results. Upon the Group's return to Grafton Underwood, a heavy snowstorm forced nearly all aircraft to land elsewhere.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: Landed away at RAF Warboys, Huntingdonshire (now Cambridgeshire).
PFF Primary (PFF)
Target: Marshalling Yard
Type: Transportation
Location: Mannheim, Germany
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 43‑38927 ⇗ 544th SU*H not known
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Van Popering, Earle Allen⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Doheny, William Edward⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Ferrell, Jack Gordon⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Ozyjowski, Eugene (NMI)⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Pechout, Richard Anthony⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Seeley, Clarence Burdell⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Mathias, Charles William⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Denney, Roy Edward⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Maffei, Albert (NMI)⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
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