SORTIE REPORT #8537
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
B-17G 43‑37703 544th SU*P TREMBLIN GREMLIN (II)
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Wyatt, William Glenn 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Laney, John Neal 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Cochran, John Edward, Jr 544 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Decker, Floyd Virgil 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Richardson, William Harrison 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Woodruff, Walter Charles, Jr 544 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Mitchell, Oreal Hugh 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Galetto, Anthony J 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Baumann, Frederick Herman 544 Completed, Uninjured
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