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 |
Completed Mission Comments: Low Squadron lead. |
Primary (PFF) |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
B-17G | 42‑37816 ⇗ | 545th | JD*S | BIG STUPE V |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Ashcraft, Archie Bertis, Jr⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Riggins, George Clifton⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Oppenheimer, Kenneth Harold⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Bombardier | Hern, Wallace Currie⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Madden, Joseph Francis⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Sopher, Francis Walton⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Milstead, Willard Cleo⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Lindsey, William Howard⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Oien, Clarence Holger⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Howard, Hiram Glenn⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |