SORTIE REPORT #906
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 GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17F 42‑29636 ⇗ 546th BK*F X-VIRGIN Kishel, Stanley John
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Reed, Merlin Howard⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Rininsland, Bruce Martin⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Chapin, Robert Charles⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Heiss, John Lawrence⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Atkinson, Owen Glenn⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Johnson, Robert O (1943)⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Osepchook, Arthur John⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Hardy, Emmet Francis⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Plotz, John James⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Casey, Robert Joseph⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
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