SORTIE REPORT #8967
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1945‑01‑21 258 803 Target: Marshalling Yard
Type: Transportation
Location: Aschaffenburg, Germany
Radar Bombing: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) led the 41st A group on today's mission. With nearly all aircraft landing elsewhere after yesterday's mission, only 14 aircraft were available, and three of those were scrubbed. A solid layer of clouds covered the target, and with the Gee-H equipment in both the lead and deputy lead ships inoperative, bombing was done by radar: results were unobserved.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: Group lead. PFF and Gee-H ship.
PFF Secondary (PFF)
Target: Marshalling Yard
Type: Transportation
Location: Aschaffenburg, Germany
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑97592 ⇗ 547th SO*Y not known
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Commander Koehne, George Henry, Jr⇗ GpHQ Completed, Uninjured
Pilot Gilmore, James Robson⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Gary, Joseph Shirley⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Visual (Pilotage) Navigator Gibson, Merle Leon, Jr⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Gee-H Navigator Hudspeth, Edwin George⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier McClure, Oscar Milton⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator London, Albert (NMI)⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Bierowski, Mitchell Stephen⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Dobson, Roy E⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Gibson, Vergil LeRoy⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Dameron, Fred (NMI)⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
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