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 |
Completed Mission Comments: Lead group, high Squadron lead. |
Primary (PFF) |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
B-17F | 42‑3441 ⇗ | 547th | SO*E | PATCHES II / SPOTTED COW |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Price, William Merriman, III⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Witt, Francis John, Jr⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Harvey, Harry Blakely, Jr⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Bombardier | Arquette, Leroy Arthur⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Smith, Robert Eugene⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Beaty, Earl Richard⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Jackson, Billy J (IO)⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Nelson, Earl James⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Leigh, James Carl⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Dailey, Donald William⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |