SORTIE REPORT #8706
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1945‑01‑05 251 781 Target: Landing Ground
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Neiderbreisig, Germany
Airfield Attacked: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the 41st Combat Wing B Group on today's mission. The usual challenges of assembly under adverse conditions were met with customary persistence and skill. The target area was completely covered with low clouds, so the results of the Gee-H attack were unobserved.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: Landed away at RAF Woodbridge, Suffolk, for fuel.
Primary (Gee-H)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑37788 547th SO*N HELL'S MESSENGER
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Baughman, John R 545 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Carney, William Robert 545 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Clark, Alen H 545 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Adinolfi, Prisco Arthur 545 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Cohen, Henry Hennig 545 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Baysinger, Ellwill Orrin 545 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Barbosa, Roy (NMI) 545 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Novak, Michael (NMI) 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Sutphin, Richard Eugene 545 Completed, Uninjured
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