SORTIE REPORT #9608
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1945‑02‑24 273 845 Target: Submarine Construction Shipyard
Type: Shipyards
Location: Hamburg, Germany
Secondary Target Attacked: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the 41st Bomb Wing C Group on today's mission. Cloud coverage of Hamburg prevented visual bombing, so the formation attacked the secondary PFF target.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Spare, Completed Mission
Comments: Lead Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
PFF Secondary (PFF)
Target: Oil Refinery
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Hamburg, Germany
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 43‑38747 ⇗ 546th BK*N not known Flynn, James Francis
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Festersen, John Carl⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Miller, LaVerne Sayre⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Sullivan, William R⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Gatlin, Maurice Brooks⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator McNabb, Frederick J⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Cobb, Roy D⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Titsworth, Charles Wayne⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner McFalls, Johnny Winslow⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Sobota, John Edward⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
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