SORTIE REPORT #8153
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: Low Squadron, D Group.
Primary (GH)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 44‑6105 547th SO*P SLEEPY LAGOON
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Weideman, Dennis Archie 547 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Phillips, Herbert Dyer 547 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Young, Stanley Harris 547 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Steinberg, William Herman 547 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Trzynka, Harold Afred 547 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Haskett, Everett Wiliam 547 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Colwell, George Leslie 547 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Ambach, Edward John 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Adams, Frederick L 547 Completed, Uninjured
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