SORTIE REPORT #6872
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑10‑09 208 670 Target: Ball-Bearing Plant
Type: Bearings Industry
Location: Schweinfurt, Germany
Schweinfurt Attacked: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the lead group of the 41st CBW A wing on today's mission. Weather at the target was 10/10ths clouds, and the decision was made to bomb the PFF target. Results were unobserved.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission Primary (PFF)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 42‑107121 546th BK*J KENTUCKY COLONEL / HELENA II Stachon, John Joseph
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Salley, Thomas Raysor, Jr 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Barnett, William Alexander 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator McCaffrey, William Henry 546 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Hosmer, Richard Clyde 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Hofferber, Reuben (NMI) 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Caulfield, Patrick Joseph 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Rogerson, Harold William 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner McCloskey, Arthur Edward 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Anderson, Emmitt Eugene 546 Completed, Uninjured
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