MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1943‑12‑13 | 42 | 154 | Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Bremen, Germany |
Maximum Effort: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided two group formations for today's mission. The A Task Group was the lead group of the 41st Combat Wing, and the B Task Group was the low group of the same Wing. Both groups bombed the primary target using PFF aiming. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
Yes |
Returned Early Comments: Lead group. Aborted with loss of oil pressure in #2 engine. Attacked Wittmund, Germany, as a Target Of Opportunity (TOO). Geographic location given is closer to Neßmersiel than Wittmund. |
TOO (Visual) Target: Unknown Type: Non-Military Location: Wittmund (53°40'N, 7°22'E), Germany |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | |||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
B-17G | 42‑31222 ⇗ | 546th | BK*D | LAZY DAISY | Flynn, James Francis |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Taylor, Sidney Paul⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Miller, James Gilmore, II⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Chapin, Robert Charles⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Bombardier | Rymer, Albert Ray⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Wetherbee, Robert Odell⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Wallace, Virgil Leonard⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Coleman, Lester Kenneth⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Schekel, Lorin Edwin⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Drennan, Robert Gerard⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Philippi, Norbert Francis⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |