SORTIE REPORT #8959
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1945‑01‑20 257 801 Target: Rail and Road Bridges
Type: Transportation
Location: Mannheim, Germany
Transportation Bombed: The 384th Bombardment Group (Heavy) formed the 41st B group on today's mission. Weather prevented visual bombing, and the formation was unable to use Gee-H guidance to the target, so the PFF Primary target was bombed, with unobserved results. Upon the Group's return to Grafton Underwood, a heavy snowstorm forced nearly all aircraft to land elsewhere.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: Landed away at RAF Warboys, Huntingdonshire (now Cambridgeshire).
PFF Primary (PFF)
Target: Marshalling Yard
Type: Transportation
Location: Mannheim, Germany
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 43‑38927 544th SU*H not known
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Van Popering, Earle Allen 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Doheny, William Edward 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Ferrell, Jack Gordon 544 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Ozyjowski, Eugene (NMI) 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Pechout, Richard Anthony 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Seeley, Clarence Burdell 544 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Mathias, Charles William 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Denney, Roy Edward 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Maffei, Albert (NMI) 544 Completed, Uninjured
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