SORTIE REPORT #326
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1943‑08‑12 14 81 Target: Synthetic Fuel Hydrogenation Plant
Type: Industry
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Many Enemy Fighters: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the high group of the 103rd Combat Wing on today's mission. The formation was decimated by aborts and losses. Formation problems prevented attack on primary target. Unidentified military installations were bombed leaving primary target area. Heavy fighter attacks occurred for over an hour after the target.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: Group lead. Bomb bay doors wouldn't open on bomb run; bombs dropped on target of opportunity 30 west of Gelsenkirchen.
TOO (Visual)
Target: Military Installations
Type: Military
Location: [Unidentified], Germany
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17F 42‑3216 545th JD*S THE JOKER
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Commander Dillingham, Maurice Stanley 547 Completed, Uninjured
Pilot Ogilvie, Donald Potter 547 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Barkley, John William, Jr 547 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Wilson, William Hollis 547 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Murray, James Raymond 547 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Hood, Emmett Alexander 547 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret McKeon, James William 547 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Kilmer, Robert Bruce, Jr 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Sylvia, Francis Robert 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Martin, William Enoch 547 Completed, Uninjured
SORTIE-RELATED DOCUMENTS:
TYPE IDENTIFICATION
Photo1943-08-12, Group Lead, M. Dillingham, D. Ogilvie
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