SORTIE REPORT #7166
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑10‑25 215 688 Target: Nordstern Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Primary & Secondary Attacked: The 384th Bomb Group (Heavy) flew four squadrons to form the entire 41st B Combat Bomb Wing, the second wing of three, of Air Task Force 4 on today's mission. The low squadron attacked the primary target using Gee-H aiming, but cloud obscuration and equipment failure forced the remaining squadrons attack the secondary target using PFF aiming.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: High Squadron.
Secondary (PFF)
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Hamm, Germany
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 43‑37917 545th JD*B PAULINE
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Wismer, Richard Glen 545 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Fletcher, Graydon James 545 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Simpson, Morris 545 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Trimble, Frederick Cushing 545 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Bussey, Harold Lewis 545 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Schoebel, John Edward 545 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Lewis, David Bradford 545 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Cogan, Joseph Dean 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Leibel, William Joseph 545 Completed, Uninjured
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