SORTIE REPORT #902
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 Primary (PFF)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17F 42‑5051 ⇗ 544th SU*M BARREL HOUSE BESSIE
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Kaczaraba, William (NMI)⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Morgan, Myron Clinton⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Horsky, Marvin Lewis⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Wirth, Theodore Matthew⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Soto, Roman Serrano⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Honeycutt, John Samuel⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Craden, Solomon (NMI)⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Polley, George Gibson, Jr⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Markiewicz, John Henry⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Parker, Peter Franklin⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
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