SORTIE REPORT #11559
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑12‑31 247 772 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Neuss, Germany
Railroad Target Attacked: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) led the 1st Air Division on todays mission. All three squadrons of the 384th Bomb Group formation - 41st Combat Wing B Group - attacked the marshalling yards in Neuss, Germany. Although the weather at the IP was fairly clear, 'Buckeye-Red' advised 10/10ths cloud cover at the target, thus necessitating an instrument assisted bomb run using Gee-H.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission Primary (Gee-H)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 43‑37717 545th JD*S PRO KID
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Holmes, George W 545 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Clishem, James Edward 545 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Hassard, Robert Clock 545 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Preble, James Jarvis 545 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Burke, John Joseph 545 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Harshman, William Everett 545 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Applegate, William Charles 545 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Euting, Carl Richard 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Hultberg, Stanley Robert 545 Completed, Uninjured
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