SORTIE REPORT #8972
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 42‑38013 ⇗ 547th SO*C NEVADA AVENGER
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Johnson, Donald Ernest⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Kloss, Stanley Frank⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Henderson, Frank William, Jr⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Sterr, Robert Edward⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Cawthon, William Hilton⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Barnes, Lawrence Valentine, Jr⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Asby, Sidney Lee, Jr⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Matthews, Frederick Donald⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Plont, George John⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
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