SORTIE REPORT #896
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1943‑11‑05 35 121 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany
PFF Attack: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) led the attack today, with a PFF aircraft borrowed from the 482nd BG at Alconbury.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Returned Early
Comments: Turned back because of oxygen failure and #3 engine not operating properly; bombed a target of opportunity with unobserved results.
TOO (Visual)
Target: Convoy of 30-40 ships.
Type: Transportation
Location: 52°28'N, 4°33'E, On the Open Sea
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17F 42‑30033 ⇗ 546th BK*G LITTLE AMERICA Foster, Ewing H
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Van der Haeghen, Joseph Albert⇗ 545 Aborted
Co-pilot Furber, Donald Wilson⇗ 545 Aborted
Navigator Wilson, Eugene Theodore⇗ 545 Aborted
Bombardier Kinney, William Brownie⇗ 545 Aborted
Radio Operator Carroll, George Henry⇗ 545 Aborted
Engineer/Top Turret Estes, Lloyd Stack⇗ 545 Aborted
Ball Turret Thurman, Fillman Clifton⇗ 545 Aborted
Tail Gunner Renfro, Alvin Everette⇗ 545 Aborted
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Voorhees, Ralph Warner⇗ 545 Aborted
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Polito, Michael John⇗ 545 Aborted
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