SORTIE REPORT #9474
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1945‑02‑21 270 839 Target: Tank Factory
Type: Industry
Location: Nuremberg / Nürnberg, Germany
Back to Nuremberg: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) led the 41st Combat Wing on today's mission. As the primary target was briefed as 'Visual Bombing only', and the city was cloud-covered, a normal PFF attack on the secondary was made.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: Wing lead; PFF ship.
PFF Secondary (PFF)
Target: Main railroad Station
Type: Transportation
Location: Nuremberg / Nürnberg, Germany
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 44‑8580 ⇗ 547th SO*Z not known
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Air Commander Strickland, Alexander Conwell , Jr⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Pilot Kinnaird, William Robert⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Rovero, Aldo John⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Dead-Reckoning Navigator Bierman, Robert (NMI)⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Mickey (Radar) Navigator Hushbeck, Elgin Lewis⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Burcham, Eugene Emmons⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Barth, Raymond Ernest⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Bauer, Henry (NMI)⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner MacDonald, Ranald Hugh, III⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Flexible (Waist) Gunner Marmozewicz, Joseph J⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Flexible (Waist) Gunner Green, James Andrew⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
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