SORTIE REPORT #9421
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1945‑02‑20 269 836 Target: Main Railroad Station
Type: Transportation
Location: Nuremberg / Nürnberg, Germany
Weather Challenges: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the 41st C Bomb Wing on today's mission. Weather conditions all the way to the I.P. caused the squadrons to lose contact with each other, and prevented attacking the primary target by visual means. The lead squadron made a normal PFF run. The high squadron followed a 303rd BG formation into the target: they were hemmed in by traffic and eventually dropped their bombs on the smoke markers of prior groups. The low squadron followed a 303rd BG squadron and released their bombs on their smoke marker.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: High Squadron hot camera ship.
PFF Secondary (PFF)
Target: Main Railroad Station
Type: Transportation
Location: Nuremberg / Nürnberg, Germany
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑37788 547th SO*N HELL'S MESSENGER
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Drew, James Lawrence 547 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Rotherham, James H 547 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Keyser, William Ross, Jr 547 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Seymour, Kenneth Thomas 547 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Lustig, David Carl, Jr 547 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Lanham, Theodore James 547 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Snider, William Paul 547 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Lillico, Douglas Crawford, Jr 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Winsby, William Edgar 547 Completed, Uninjured
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