SORTIE REPORT #9031
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)
No Aborted Mission After Taking Off.
Comments: Turned back due to failure of #1 engine. Landed away at Alconbury Airfield, AAF Station 102
N/A
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 43‑38752 547th SO*O LITTLE CINDER
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Patterson, Nelton Dreward 547 Aborted
Co-pilot Hall, Freeman Alexander 547 Aborted
Navigator Nicholson, Louis T 547 Aborted
Togglier Hayden, Ralph Millan 547 Aborted
Radio Operator Ritter, Martin Mayhon, Jr 547 Aborted
Engineer/Top Turret Moriarty, Ernest Condit, Jr 547 Aborted
Ball Turret Fickling, Forrest Ellison 547 Aborted
Tail Gunner Yetter, William H 547 Aborted
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Kalinoski, Frank F 547 Aborted
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