SORTIE REPORT #7001
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑10‑15 211 678 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany
Railroad Hubs Damaged: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the lead and low squadrons of the 41st CBW A Group on today's mission. Weather was not favorable for visual bombing, so PFF (radar) aiming was used. The lead squadron's bombs fell on the primary target, but the low squadron's bombs fell some distance away, damaging another marshalling yards, which was the secondary target.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission Primary (PFF)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 43‑37971 545th JD*T not known
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Hunt, John Hardy, Jr 545 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Touton, William Frank 545 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Konopatzki, Robert Wallace 545 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Sienkiewicz, Henry Chester 545 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Fuerstenau, Paul William 545 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Ramos, Jesus Guadalupe Trevino 545 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Schultz, Blaine Shelvy 545 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Vargas, Juan Pacheco 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Linn, Clifford LeRoy 545 Completed, Uninjured
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