SORTIE REPORT #775
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 42‑5404 545th JD*M THE GEEZIL
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Ashcraft, Archie Bertis, Jr 545 Aborted
Co-pilot Riggins, George Clifton 545 Aborted
Navigator Oppenheimer, Kenneth Harold 545 Aborted
Bombardier Hern, Wallace Currie 545 Aborted
Radio Operator Pisarski, Joseph Frank 547 Aborted
Engineer/Top Turret Sopher, Francis Walton 545 Aborted
Ball Turret Milstead, Willard Cleo 545 Aborted
Tail Gunner Lindsey, William Howard 545 Aborted
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Oien, Clarence Holger 545 Aborted
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Howard, Hiram Glenn 545 Aborted
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