SORTIE REPORT #8689
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1945‑01‑05 251 781 Target: Landing Ground
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Neiderbreisig, Germany
Airfield Attacked: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the 41st Combat Wing B Group on today's mission. The usual challenges of assembly under adverse conditions were met with customary persistence and skill. The target area was completely covered with low clouds, so the results of the Gee-H attack were unobserved.
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 42‑32106 545th JD*R WORRY BIRD / VOAN
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Welsh, James H 545 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Clishem, James Edward 545 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Bierman, Robert (NMI) 545 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Strutz, La Verne Herman 545 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Loffarelli, Clarence Peter 545 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Werner, Edwin J 545 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Kotnik, Robert Rudolph 545 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Thompson, LeDru Myron 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Adams, Jack Colvin 545 Completed, Uninjured
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