SORTIE REPORT #1214
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)
No Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed N/A
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 42‑37776 546th BK*R LADY DREW Coon, Lawrence John
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Wilson, William Monroe 546 Spare, Returned
Co-pilot Rabby, Carlos James, Jr 546 Spare, Returned
Navigator Schwartz, Julius Sol 546 Spare, Returned
Bombardier Alles, William George 546 Spare, Returned
Radio Operator Compton, James Harold 546 Spare, Returned
Engineer/Top Turret Birnbaum, Lester (NMI) 546 Spare, Returned
Ball Turret Heintzelman, David Leroy 546 Spare, Returned
Tail Gunner Greene, Frank Palmer 546 Spare, Returned
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Stamm, Murray Raymond 546 Spare, Returned
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Yaskow, Peter Thomas 546 Spare, Returned
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