SORTIE REPORT #688
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1943‑10‑02 27 106 Target: Port Facilities
Type: Transportation
Location: Emden, Germany
Port of Emden Attacked: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the Lead Group of the 1st Bombardment Division at the head of Air Task Force 2, with General Robert F Travis aboard the Lead ship. Near the IP, the PFF-equipped Deputy ship took the lead. Bombs were away using PFF aiming, with unobserved results.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission Primary (PFF)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17F 42‑29703 544th SU*E KATHY JANE
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Robinson, Robert Lawrence 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Baylor, Robert Bledsoe 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Holzbaur, Frederick Morris 544 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Kramer, Herman Drummond 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Stumpf, Howard Martin 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Johnston, Thomas Theadora, Jr 544 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Maziarka, Stanley Walter 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Ripley, Carlyle David 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Bumpers, Frederick Scott 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Porter, Edward Eugene 544 Completed, Uninjured
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