SORTIE REPORT #898
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1943‑11‑05 35 121 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany
PFF Attack: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) led the attack today, with a PFF aircraft borrowed from the 482nd BG at Alconbury.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
No Aborted Mission After Taking Off.
Comments: Turned back, #3 engine failure.
N/A
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17F 42‑3259 545th JD*T SNAFU / ALABAMA WHIRLWIND
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Bedsole, Joseph Linyer, Jr 545 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Cosentino, George (NMI) 545 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Groh, Harold Chester 545 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Wismann, William Charles 545 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Woodall, Arthur James, Jr 545 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Maruszak, Karol Leonard 545 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Hotis, Leo Constantine 545 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner McMichael, Marion Louis 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Mazewski, Michael Henry, Jr 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Ward, Clarence Howard 545 Completed, Uninjured
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