SORTIE REPORT #7594
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑11‑11 225 712 Target: Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Synthetic Oil Plant Bombed: Two squadrons, plus two spare aircraft, attacked the synthetic oil plant at Gelsenkirchen, despite equipment failures. The formation was led on the Gee-H bomb run by the low group deputy,
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission Primary (Gee-H)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑97263 547th SO*D LADY MARGARET
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Brown, Bert Oliver, Jr 547 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Bayne, William Davis 547 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Weckerly, John Benjamin 547 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Franklin, Walter Dewitt 547 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Ondrusek, Marvin John 547 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Regan, Richard George 547 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Jones, William Jesse 547 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Palmer, Raymond George 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Chalkus, Joseph William 547 Completed, Uninjured
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