SORTIE REPORT #6998
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑10‑15 211 678 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany
Railroad Hubs Damaged: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the lead and low squadrons of the 41st CBW A Group on today's mission. Weather was not favorable for visual bombing, so PFF (radar) aiming was used. The lead squadron's bombs fell on the primary target, but the low squadron's bombs fell some distance away, damaging another marshalling yards, which was the secondary target.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: Low Squadron.
Primary (PFF)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 43‑37843 547th SO*B ALEX
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Keller, Marion Wayne 547 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Phillips, Herbert Dyer 547 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Spears, Simms Memory 547 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Downs, Wayne Hargis 547 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Trzynka, Harold Afred 547 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Haskett, Everett Wiliam 547 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Jones, Terry Lee 547 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Ambach, Edward John 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Adams, Frederick L 547 Completed, Uninjured
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