SORTIE REPORT #9026
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 Ridgewell Airfield, AAF Station 167.
Primary (Visual)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 43‑38501 546th BK*C SWEET CHARIOT Konzem, Hubert Philip
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Fisher, Robert Jeremy 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Robilotta, Robert Frank 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Obermeyer, Robert Henry 544 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Butler, Ralph Willard 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Kennebeck, Edwin Eugene 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Goode, Joseph Edward 544 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Rauch, John (NMI), Jr 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Spafford, Kenneth Culver 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner McDonald, Donald Thomas 544 Completed, Uninjured
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