SORTIE REPORT #6830
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑10‑06 206 667 Target: M/T Factory
Type: Industry
Location: Stettin / Szczecin, Poland
Primary Targets Not Attacked: Aircraft of the 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as composite of 40th D Combat Wing (high squadron) and 41st A Combat Wing (low section of high squadron) on the mission flown today. Weather obscured the primary targets for both formations (A group primary was a Synthetic Oil Plant in 'Politz, Germany' - Police, Occupied Poland). The high squadron of the 40th D Combat Wing attacked the secondary target at Stargard, Germany (Occupied Poland): aiming was accomplished visually and bombs were away after an eight minute bomb run. The low section of the high squadron of the 41st A Combat Wing attacked the last resort target at Stralsund, Germany: aiming was accomplished visually and bombs were away after a twenty-four minute bomb run.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: A group.
Secondary (Visual)
Target: Airfield - Hangars
Type: Military
Location: Stargard, Poland
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 43‑38588 546th BK*D EILEEN'S KINDERGARTEN Francis, Percy Tom
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Duesler, Donald Barton 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Cook, Chandler Boyd 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Rasmussen, Bernard Gerard 546 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Fainberg, Seymour Allen 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Stewart, John Spencer 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Weckerly, Neuland Edwin 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Carriere, Joseph Herley 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Buis, Robert Eugene 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Downing, Everett Joseph 546 Completed, Uninjured
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