SORTIE REPORT #847
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
Comments: High Squadron lead.
No Target Attacked
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17F 42‑29987 547th SO*Q not known
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Willing, Mark Skinner, Jr 547 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Martin, Rudolph Alfred 547 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Haley, Bruce Thomas 547 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Brown, Robert E 547 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Pisarski, Joseph Frank 547 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Holloway, Durwood Harmon 547 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Ott, Robert Edward 547 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Pharr, Keating Sams 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Smith, Walter Blaine 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Ripley, Seth Thomas 547 Completed, Uninjured
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