SORTIE REPORT #1004
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1943‑11‑29 38 143 Target: Port Area
Type: Transportation
Location: Bremen, Germany
Bremen Bombed, Results Unobserved: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) attacked Bremen using PFF aiming.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: Flight leader; plane lost two superchargers and slowed entire formation; the other two groups went ahead and left the 384th BG. This aircraft did not bomb due to bomb bay doors frozen shut. Landed away at RAF Coltishall, Norfolk.
No Target Attacked
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17F 42‑30026 546th BK*J BATTLEWAGON Flynn, Roland (NMI)
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Commander Smith, Dale Orville GpHQ Completed, Uninjured
Pilot Algar, Philip Morris 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Celentano, Frank A 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Groh, Harold Chester 545 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier McClanahan, James Clifton 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Moore, Howard Milton 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Laviolette, Roland Bernard 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret McKay, Kenneth Mitchel, Jr 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Stallings, Gordon Kenneth 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Majewski, Casmer Robert 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Schimenek, John Francis 546 Completed, Uninjured
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