SORTIE REPORT #8188
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 43‑38752 547th SO*O LITTLE CINDER
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Farnsworth, Reuben Joseph 547 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Chamberlin, Myron 547 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Hammond, Jerrold Eugene 547 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Fordham, Howard Calvert 547 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Manolio, Albert Thomas 547 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Ortiz, Ralph Gregory 547 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret McKinney, Roy Willard 547 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Bauer, Lawrence Martin 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Stevens, Sam Stanley 547 Completed, Uninjured
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