SORTIE REPORT #7185
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: Lead Squadron.
Secondary (PFF)
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Hamm, Germany
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 43‑38747 546th BK*N not known Flynn, James Francis
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Duesler, Donald Barton 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Cook, Chandler Boyd 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Rasmussen, Bernard Gerard 546 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Burns, Robert (NMI) 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Stewart, John Spencer 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Weckerly, Neuland Edwin 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Carriere, Joseph Herley 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Buis, Robert Eugene 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Downing, Everett Joseph 546 Completed, Uninjured
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