| MISSION DATA: | |||
| DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
| 1943‑12‑16 | 43 | 156 | Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Bremen, Germany |
| Cloudy Bremen: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the low group of the 41st Combat Wing on today's mission. The group bombed the primary target on the wing lead, who was using PFF aiming. | |||
| SORTIE DATA: | ||
| COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
| Yes |
Returned Early Comments: Turned back over the North Sea (43°46'N,6°55'E) at 1247 hrs; #4 engine leaking oil badly, #3 supercharger inoperative at 20,000 ft, #2 prop ran away (split oil line) and had to be feathered. Attacked target of opportunity. |
TOO (Visual) Target: Airfield (53°41'N,6°58'E) Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Juist, Germany |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17F | 41‑24578 ⇗ | 547th | SO*U | OLD RELIABLE |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Lovvorn, Hollie Ray⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Co-pilot | Urton, Raymond Lee⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Kazmerski, John Thomas⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Bombardier | Fleenor, Charles Thurman⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Radio Operator | Schwarz, James Cornelius⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Wilson, Gerald Eugene⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Ball Turret | Miller, Robert Lee⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Tail Gunner | Taylor, Homer William⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Fernandez, Severino Jean⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Leach, Kenneth (NMI)⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |