SORTIE REPORT #8533
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 Spare, Completed Mission
Comments: Lead Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
Primary (Gee-H)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑97271 545th JD*A BOSS LADY
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot MacDonald, Ranald Hugh, III 545 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Jones, Robert McCord 545 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Carr, Robert John 545 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Slachetka, Henry Joseph 545 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Cogan, Joseph Dean 545 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Cunningham, John F 545 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Holmes, Edwin Lamar 545 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Pyle, Joseph Edgar 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Casagrande, Mario Joseph 545 Completed, Uninjured
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