SORTIE REPORT #7804
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)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: High Squadron lead; PFF ship; landed at Grafton Underwood.
Secondary (PFF)
Target: Leuna Works Oil Refinery
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Merseburg, Germany
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 44‑8007 545th JD*Z SCREAMING EAGLE
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Commander Minor, Henry W, Jr 545 Completed, Uninjured
Pilot Martin, Donald Francis 545 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Harrison, Arthur Seymour 545 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Saunders, James Bernard 545 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Flatt, James Edward 545 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Claxon, Ernest Haydon 545 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Coburn, Ellsworth Gorden 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Winiarski, Eugene Alphonse 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Van Britson, Raymond Jules 545 Completed, Uninjured
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