SORTIE REPORT #9014
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1945‑01‑23 260 807 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Neuss, Germany
Challenging Weather: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) led the 41st B Combat Bombardment Wing on today's mission. Takeoff time was delayed but the route timetable was not changed. That change, and a snowstorm, prevented any semblance of assembly of the bomber stream. Nonetheless, most aircraft flew the mission, bombing the primary target visually, even though it was partly obscured by clouds. On return, all aircraft landed at other bases due to the snowstorm, which had not abated.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: Landed away at Honington Airfield, AAF Station 375.
Primary (Visual)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 44‑6514 547th SO*Q DANNY
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Funk, Donald Olsen 547 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Treadway, Hobart Wayne 547 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Schlitz, Lester Eugene 547 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Marsh, Harold E 547 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Midura, Ernest Alvin 547 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Showers, Henry Herbert 547 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Maurer, Joseph Aloysious 547 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Bland, Dwain B 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Steed, Robert Lynn 547 Completed, Uninjured
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