SORTIE REPORT #1219
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 42‑37924 547th SO*T not known
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Kaczaraba, William (NMI) 547 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Kravet, Marvin Robert 547 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Horsky, Marvin Lewis 547 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Wirth, Theodore Matthew 547 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Peifer, Wilbur Alan 547 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Honeycutt, John Samuel 547 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Craden, Solomon (NMI) 547 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Polley, George Gibson, Jr 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Parker, Peter Franklin 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Gilrane, Harry Alexander 547 Completed, Uninjured
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