SORTIE REPORT #9271
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1945‑02‑14 266 830 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Dresden, Germany
Bombs Miss Objective: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the entire 41st C Combat Wing on today's mission. The weather at alternate targets was worse than at the primary target, so the primary was attacked using PFF with a visual assist. However, bombing accuracy was poor. Many aircraft ran low on fuel and landed on the Continent before returning to base.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: Landed away at RAF Woodbridge, Suffolk, due to low fuel.
Primary (PFF with Visual Assist)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 44‑8608 ⇗ 544th SU*B not known
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Hoppen, Jack Stewart⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Gustafson, Charles Louis⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Adams, John Howard⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Durborow, Clarence James⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Clingler, Warren Eugene⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Dobrescu, Frederick John⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
RADAR Countermeasures Glancy, Donald Rufus⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Lemon, Delbert Kenneth⇗ 544 Wounded
Tail Gunner Moslein, Augustus Fred⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Cavanaugh, Bernard Francis⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
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