SORTIE REPORT #1217
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
Comments: Deputy; took off late but joined formation at Chesterfield. Took over lead when Buck/Lecates aborted.
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 GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 42‑37848 546th BK*E SISSY Jacobs, Gilbert Oren
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Sprague, Alfred Lee 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Geary, James Eugene 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Baldwin, Pendleton Gaines 544 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Pierce, Kermit Aubrey 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Anderson, Clarence Denton 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Marshall, Dean William 544 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Stearman, Charles Lee Verne 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Aune, Rudolph (NMI) 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Abramowitz, Abraham Bernhard 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Redding, George Thomas 544 Completed, Uninjured
SORTIE-RELATED DOCUMENTS:
TYPE IDENTIFICATION
Photo1943-12-22, Deputy Group Lead, A. Sprague, J. Geary
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