SORTIE REPORT #7784
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑11‑25 229 723 Target: Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Lützkendorf, Germany
Bad Day for German Oil: The 384th provided the three squadrons of the 41st Bomb Wing B Group. A visual attack on the primary target was not possible due to weather, so the Leuna works at Merseburg were bombed using PFF aiming. On returning to England, weather forced the diversion of 384th aircraft to Aldermaston and other fields; only two were able to land at Grafton Underwood.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
No Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed
Comments: High Squadron
N/A
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 44‑6109 545th JD*Q OLE TULIK
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Hicks, Kenneth Delmont 545 Spare, Returned
Co-pilot Welsh, James H 545 Spare, Returned
Navigator Bierman, Robert (NMI) 545 Spare, Returned
Togglier Strutz, La Verne Herman 545 Spare, Returned
Radio Operator Loffarelli, Clarence Peter 545 Spare, Returned
Engineer/Top Turret Werner, Edwin J 545 Spare, Returned
Ball Turret Kotnik, Robert Rudolph 545 Spare, Returned
Tail Gunner Thompson, LeDru Myron 545 Spare, Returned
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Adams, Jack Colvin 545 Spare, Returned
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