SORTIE REPORT #8145
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑12‑11 238 746 Target: Road & Rail Bridge
Type: Transportation
Location: Mannheim, Germany
Rhine Bridge(s) Targeted: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew four squadrons on today's mission. Three squadrons comprised the 41st Combat Wing B Group, and the remaining squadron flew in the low position of the 41st D Group. The target for all was a bridge (or adjacent bridges) for road and rail traffic across the Rhine River linking Mannheim with Ludwigshafen. The B Group lead and low squadrons bombed by PFF, while the B Group high squadron, and the low squadron of the D Group bombed by Gee-H.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: Lead Squadron, B Group, Hot camera ship.
Primary (PFF)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑102430 545th JD*O SPAM-O-LINER
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Milligan, George Robert, Jr 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Dabney, William L 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Britt, Leo Thomas 544 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Miller, Leland Edward 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Brooks, William Ralph 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Ray, Virgie Newton 544 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Horvath, Emil Louis 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Cline, Ellis Wallace 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Finstad, Berton Robert 544 Completed, Uninjured
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