SORTIE REPORT #899
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 Completed Mission
Comments: Low Squadron lead.
Primary (PFF)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17F 41‑24557 ⇗ 545th JD*O DAMN YANKEE
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Sundlun, Bruce George⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Zitnik, Charles Allen⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Jylkka, Reino Oswal⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier McGovern, Vincent James⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Snyder, Charles Leslie⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Ramsey, William Marion⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Curtis, William Stanley⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Lekas, Frank (NMI)⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Cappelletti, Mike Joseph⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Hayes, George Clayborne⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
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