SORTIE REPORT #9030
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)
No Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off
Comments: Low Squadron deputy; did not take off.
N/A
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 43‑38678 545th JD*F not known
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Holmes, George W 545 Scrubbed
Co-pilot Haaf, Arthur Herschel 545 Scrubbed
Navigator Potter, Richard Selstrom 545 Scrubbed
Bombardier Kell, Howard Wilbur 545 Scrubbed
Radio Operator Burke, John Joseph 545 Scrubbed
Engineer/Top Turret Harshman, William Everett 545 Scrubbed
Ball Turret Applegate, William Charles 545 Scrubbed
Tail Gunner Huffine, Robert Edward, Jr 545 Scrubbed
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Hultberg, Stanley Robert 545 Scrubbed
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