SORTIE REPORT #9489
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: Low Squadron hot camera ship.
[N.B. Actual positions: Ball Turret - George Cramer; Tail Gunner - Joseph Britton; Flexible (Waist) Gunner - George Lesko. Per George Cramer, January 2014.]
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 43‑39035 ⇗ 547th SO*F not known
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Shuff, Charles Bernard⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot White, William F⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Birney, Robert Charles⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Abbott, Charles R⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Harrison, Erwin Jack⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Henricks, Bernard Joseph⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Lesko, George Joseph⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Cramer, George Edward⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Britton, Joseph Rodman⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
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