SORTIE REPORT #8970
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 PFF Secondary (PFF)
Target: Marshalling Yard
Type: Transportation
Location: Aschaffenburg, Germany
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 43‑37843 ⇗ 547th SO*B ALEX
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Birder, Rodney Hugh⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Clyde, Edward Calvin, Jr⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Dickinson, Ezra Roger⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Bentley, William Lincoln⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Relyea, Rulon Douglas⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Biera, Manuel Antonio⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Blanford, Glenn Ora⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Cato, William H⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Maffei, Albert (NMI)⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
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