SORTIE REPORT #769
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1943‑10‑10 31 114 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Münster, Germany
Coesfeld Mistaken for Münster: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided 21 aircraft for today's mission. Aborting aircraft reduced the number attacking to fifteen. At the start of the bomb run, 'we observed a town burning and, mistaking it for the target, made the bomb run. The town was later identified as Coesfeld [Germany].' On the return, weather interfered with recovery operations, forcing seve to land at other fields, and one crew to bail out, leaving their aircraft to crash near Eye.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
No Aborted Mission After Taking Off. N/A
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17F 42‑3259 545th JD*T SNAFU / ALABAMA WHIRLWIND
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Jones, William Arch, Jr 545 Aborted
Co-pilot Morgan, James Edward, Jr 545 Aborted
Navigator Coughlin, James Phillip 545 Aborted
Bombardier Wilson, James Marvin 545 Aborted
Radio Operator Gager, Homer Dwight 545 Aborted
Engineer/Top Turret Dowsley, Felix Raymond, Jr 545 Aborted
Ball Turret Brown, William (NMI) 545 Aborted
Tail Gunner Pierce, Ralph Emerson, Jr 545 Aborted
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Rotondi, George William, Jr 545 Aborted
Waist (Flexible) Gunner White, Frederick Louis 545 Aborted
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