SORTIE REPORT #8529
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑12‑31 247 772 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Neuss, Germany
Railroad Target Attacked: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) led the 1st Air Division on todays mission. All three squadrons of the 384th Bomb Group formation - 41st Combat Wing B Group - attacked the marshalling yards in Neuss, Germany. Although the weather at the IP was fairly clear, 'Buckeye-Red' advised 10/10ths cloud cover at the target, thus necessitating an instrument assisted bomb run using Gee-H.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission Primary (Gee-H)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 44‑6476 546th BK*G not known McKinney, Lauren Lee
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Johnson, Donald Ernest 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Kloss, Stanley Frank 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Henderson, Frank William, Jr 546 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Schumer, Gerald (NMI) 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Cawthon, William Hilton 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Barnes, Lawrence Valentine, Jr 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Asby, Sidney Lee, Jr 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Matthews, Frederick Donald 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Plont, George John 546 Completed, Uninjured
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