SORTIE REPORT #9490
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 PFF Secondary (PFF)
Target: Main railroad Station
Type: Transportation
Location: Nuremberg / Nürnberg, Germany
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 43‑39053 ⇗ 546th BK*D HEAVENLY BODY Francis, Percy Tom
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Smith, Eliot Henry⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Seipold, Charles Frederick, Jr⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Henly, Harry Richard⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Witt, Charles Dean⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Hodge, Robert Merrill⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Birkholz, John Melvin⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret O'Brien, Joseph Walter⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Stanick, Paul Jacob⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Thorne, Richard W⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
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