SORTIE REPORT #8724
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 on the continent in allied territory.
Primary (Gee-H)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 43‑38994 546th BK*Q DEVASTATING LADY Kraus, Alvin C
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Festersen, John Carl 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Miller, LaVerne Sayre 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Sullivan, William R 546 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Gatlin, Maurice Brooks 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator McNabb, Frederick J 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Cobb, Roy D 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Titsworth, Charles Wayne 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner McFalls, Johnny Winslow 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Sobota, John Edward 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Marks, George Peabody, III 546 Completed, Uninjured
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