SORTIE REPORT #7186
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: Fourth Squadron.
Secondary (PFF)
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Hamm, Germany
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 43‑38750 544th SU*D not known
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Evans, Hugh Legar 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Drake, William Bright 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Dunning, Leonard Francis 544 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Hart, Daniel Alphonso 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Kennebeck, Edwin Eugene 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Pire, Irwin Joseph, Jr 544 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Owen, Robert Ralph 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Ozyjowski, Eugene (NMI) 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Lewis, Richard Lowell 544 Completed, Uninjured
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