SORTIE REPORT #55
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1943‑06‑25 2 67 Target: Industrial Area & Submarine Pens
Type: Military
Location: Hamburg, Germany
Weather Reduces Force: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the High Group of the 103rd Bomb Wing, the second of three wings assigned to this mission. Of the 19 aircraft taking off for today's mission, most became lost in rain and heavy clouds and failed to make wing formation. Eight aircraft continued following the 103rd Combat Wing, four bombing the primary target on the Wing Lead, and one bombing a last resort target; 7 crewmembers were KIA, 2 were MIA, and 21 became POW.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: Bombed an unknown city.
Primary (Unknown)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17F 42‑30065 547th SO*O not known
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Keck, George B 547 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Gaither, Raymond A 547 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Juart, William Woodrow 547 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Bryant, Arthur Russell 547 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Hollingsworth, Frank Hoyle 547 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret DeVille, Milton Joseph 547 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Dudek, Sylvester Frederick 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Hughes, Walden Allan 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Jackson, Billy J (IO) 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Paduch, Theodore (NMI) 547 Completed, Uninjured
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