SORTIE REPORT #1206
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1943‑12‑22 45 161 Target: Steel Shops/Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Osnabrück, Germany
Unknown Location Bombed: Due to the lead (PFF) aircraft having aborted, the deputy lead (without PFF) attempted to release bombs based on formation ahead of them. Location of the target attacked is approximate, based on dead-reckoning navigation over 10/10 cloud cover.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission Unknown (Dead-Reckoning)
Location: About 10 miles NW of Osnabrück (52°23'N,7°40'E), Germany
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑31246 545th JD*A not known
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Jones, William Arch, Jr 545 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Morgan, James Edward, Jr 545 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Coughlin, James Phillip 545 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Wilson, James Marvin 545 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Gager, Homer Dwight 545 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Dowsley, Felix Raymond, Jr 545 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Brown, William (NMI) 545 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Pierce, Ralph Emerson, Jr 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner White, Frederick Louis 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Rotondi, George William, Jr 545 Completed, Uninjured
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