SORTIE REPORT #6492
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑09‑25 198 647 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Primary Target Attacked By PFF: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the 41st CBW B Wing, and as the lead and high groups of the 41st CBW C Wing. In all, 53 aircraft took off between 0700 and 0736. All formations bombed the primary target using PFF aiming, with unobserved results.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: Collided with B-24, but was able to return to base; left wing damaged.
Primary (PFF)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 42‑107083 546th BK*B not known Schiebel, Harold Arthur
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Causa, Raymond (NMI) 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Kimberlin, Grover Jasper 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Dowling, James John 546 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Roberts, Jack Deighton 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Cortez, Jonathan Hernandez 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Siegenthaler, Robert Joseph 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Bertsch, Robert Lawrence 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Kreuscher, Robert Edward 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Molea, Joseph (NMI) 546 Completed, Uninjured
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