SORTIE REPORT #6724
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑10‑02 203 658 Target: Ford Motor Works
Type: Industry
Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany
Cologne Bombed: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) formed the 41st CBW A Group for today's mission. Weather and equipment failures forced a decision to drop bombs on the center of the city.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission Secondary (PFF)
Target: City
Type: Non-Military
Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 43‑38548 546th BK*M not known Jacobs, Gilbert Oren
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Salley, Thomas Raysor, Jr 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Barnett, William Alexander 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator McCaffrey, William Henry 546 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Hosmer, Richard Clyde 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Lee, Van (NMI) 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Brown, Oakley Wayne 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Rogerson, Harold William 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner McCloskey, Arthur Edward 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Anderson, Emmitt Eugene 546 Completed, Uninjured
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