SORTIE REPORT #835
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1943‑10‑20 33 116 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Düren, Germany
Weather & Traffic - No Attack: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the high group of the 41st CBW. Dense clouds to 32,000' at the German border forced the Wing to turn back and seek targets of opportunity. The Wing leader made a bomb run on an unknown airfield in Occupied Territory, but the low group was directly below the 384th, so bombs were held.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission No Target Attacked
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17F 41‑24578 547th SO*U OLD RELIABLE
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Fields, Leon 547 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Kaczaraba, William (NMI) 547 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Horsky, Marvin Lewis 547 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Wirth, Theodore Matthew 547 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Peifer, Wilbur Alan 547 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Honeycutt, John Samuel 547 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Craden, Solomon (NMI) 547 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Polley, George Gibson, Jr 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Gilrane, Harry Alexander 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Parker, Peter Franklin 547 Completed, Uninjured
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