SORTIE REPORT #1209
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-17F 42‑3087 547th SO*A CLEAN CUT
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Kew, William Joseph 547 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Nicklett, Charles Edwin 547 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator O'Hara, Irvan Guy 547 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Dow, Carleton Frederick 547 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Shipley, Charles Marion 547 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Ross, James William 547 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Baird, Ralph Edwin, Jr 547 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Hopkins, James Russell 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Whipple, Charles Thomas 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Lunceford, John William 547 Completed, Uninjured
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