SORTIE REPORT #9433
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: Low 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 44‑8608 544th SU*B not known
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Wright, Edward S 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Von Grimm, Robert 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Fell, Charles Linwood 544 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Arnold, Robert B 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Kovach, Joseph William 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Jaeger, Melvin George 544 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Soules, Robert A 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Holmes, Garland Francis 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Zude, Byron Alvin 544 Completed, Uninjured
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