SORTIE REPORT #1212
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1943‑12‑22 45 161 Target: Steel Shops/Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Osnabrück, Germany
Unknown Location Bombed: Due to the lead (PFF) aircraft having aborted, the deputy lead (without PFF) attempted to release bombs based on formation ahead of them. Location of the target attacked is approximate, based on dead-reckoning navigation over 10/10 cloud cover.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission Unknown (Dead-Reckoning)
Location: About 10 miles NW of Osnabrück (52°23'N,7°40'E), Germany
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17F 42‑5444 545th JD*N WE DOOD IT
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Ross, Burton Raymond 545 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Laboda, Joseph Stanley 545 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Canziani, Arthur Leonard 545 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Seibel, James Edward 545 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Flynn, James Edward 545 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Bartholomew, Everett Laverne 545 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Ralph, Robert Edward 545 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Grimes, Robert Albert 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Vezina, Thomas Joseph 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Bishop, J T (IO) 545 Completed, Uninjured
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