SORTIE REPORT #1105
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1943‑12‑11 41 151 Target: Port Area
Type: Transportation
Location: Emden, Germany
Emden Hammered: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the high group of the 41st Combat Wing for today's mission. Emden was lightly obscured by an ineffective smoke screen, which did little to shield the city from the bombers onslaught.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
No Aborted Mission After Taking Off.
Comments: Turned back due to a runaway prop that wouldn't feather.
N/A
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑37792 545th JD*B ELEANOR MAUREEN / BERMONDSEY
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Cosentino, George (NMI) 545 Aborted
Co-pilot Kass, Robert Hiler 545 Aborted
Navigator Beinar, Theophilus Edward 545 Aborted
Bombardier Malcolm, George Sawyer 545 Aborted
Radio Operator Cason, Alfred Gibbs 545 Aborted
Engineer/Top Turret Vorisek, Donald Thomas 545 Aborted
Ball Turret Smart, Samuel Hayes 545 Aborted
Tail Gunner Faust, Glenn Millard 545 Aborted
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Stanley, James Farrell 545 Aborted
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Butman, Frank Henry 545 Aborted
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