SORTIE REPORT #9032
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 North Pickenham Airfield, AAF Station 143.
Primary (Visual)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 43‑38766 546th BK*R TU YUNG TU Jones, Robert A
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Warner, Henry L 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Miller, John C, Jr 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Berwald, Raymond Edward 544 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Brown, William C 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator DeCrappeo, Salvatore Edward 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Seidel, John Clarence 544 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Poulsen, Leonard Irvin 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Portwood, Ray S 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Taliaferro, Philip Andrew 544 Completed, Uninjured
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