SORTIE REPORT #9488
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: Landed away at RAF Woodbridge, Suffolk, due to low fuel.
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 43‑39019 ⇗ 545th JD*A not known
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Boyette, Irving H⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Dott, Donald Shropshire⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Beltz, William R⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Frantzen, Donald John⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Beall, Charles H⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Barber, Raymond Clifford⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Spot Jammer Pyle, Joseph Edgar⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Holmes, Edwin Lamar⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Novak, Michael (NMI)⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Pohlmann, John H⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
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