SORTIE REPORT #9023
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1945‑01‑23 260 807 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Neuss, Germany
Challenging Weather: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) led the 41st B Combat Bombardment Wing on today's mission. Takeoff time was delayed but the route timetable was not changed. That change, and a snowstorm, prevented any semblance of assembly of the bomber stream. Nonetheless, most aircraft flew the mission, bombing the primary target visually, even though it was partly obscured by clouds. On return, all aircraft landed at other bases due to the snowstorm, which had not abated.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: Lead Squadron hot camera ship. Landed away at North Pickenham Airfield, AAF Station 143.
Primary (Visual)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑38208 547th SO*A LILLY BELLE
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Tebo, Clerance L 547 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Bowman, Harold Horace 547 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Trombley, Wilfred Joseph 547 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Matzner, Henry (NMI) 547 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Ry's, Henry A 547 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Waldron, Jack Theodore 547 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Nance, Dale Richard 547 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Williams, John Otto 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Conlon, Jack Dempsey 547 Completed, Uninjured
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