SORTIE REPORT #1218
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 42‑37885 544th SU*L MRS. F.D.R. / FROSTIE
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Harvey, Walter Lewis 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Clayton, John Earl 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Uniszkiewicz, Joseph Kenneth 544 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Dolf, Richard Merle 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Lisenby, Miles Frederick 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Watenpool, Jerome Francis 544 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Cameron, Francis Raymond 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Boydston, Elmer Dean 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Lewandowski, Thomas Michael 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Koscheski, Clyde Anderson 544 Completed, Uninjured
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