SORTIE REPORT #9271
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1945‑02‑14 266 830 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Dresden, Germany
Bombs Miss Objective: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the entire 41st C Combat Wing on today's mission. The weather at alternate targets was worse than at the primary target, so the primary was attacked using PFF with a visual assist. However, bombing accuracy was poor. Many aircraft ran low on fuel and landed on the Continent before returning to base.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: Landed away at RAF Woodbridge, Suffolk, due to low fuel.
Primary (PFF with Visual Assist)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 44‑8608 544th SU*B not known
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Hoppen, Jack Stewart 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Gustafson, Charles L 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Adams, John H 544 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Durborow, Clarence James 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Clingler, Warren Eugene 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Dobrescu, Frederick John 544 Completed, Uninjured
RADAR Countermeasures Glancy, Donald Rufus 544 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Lemon, Delbert Kenneth 544 Wounded
Tail Gunner Moslein, Augustus Fred 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Cavanaugh, Bernard Francis 544 Completed, Uninjured
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