| MISSION DATA: | |||
| DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
| 1943‑10‑09 | 30 | 113 | Target: Aircraft Factories Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Anklam, Germany |
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Aircraft Factories Attacked: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) put up 21 Flying Fortresses as the High Group of the 41st Combat Bombardment Wing, which led the 1st Air Task Force on today's mission. They pounded one source of enemy air strength, the aircraft factories at Anklam, with excellent results under perfect bombing conditions. Maj. Ketelsen, Group Leader: 'Fifteen fighters attacked at 1035 for ten minutes, halfway through Denmark, but no fighters or flak from there to target. After leaving the target, Ju-88s, ME's, and FW-190s attacked for two hours. Flew too close to Rostock and its heavy intense flak on way home. Thirty minutes after the two hour attack ended, 60 miles off the Frisian Islands, FW-190s attacked the wing following the 41st wing. Low clouds forced the group up so that it came home apart from other groups.' |
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| SORTIE DATA: | ||
| COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
| No |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off. Comments: Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑3216. Subsequently aborted, unable to locate formation after late takeoff. |
N/A |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | |||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
| B-17F | 41‑24529 ⇗ | 546th | BK*E | not known | Jacobs, Gilbert Oren |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Willing, Mark Skinner, Jr⇗ | 547 | Aborted |
| Co-pilot | Martin, Rudolph Alfred⇗ | 547 | Aborted |
| Navigator | Haley, Bruce Thomas⇗ | 547 | Aborted |
| Bombardier | Brown, Robert E⇗ | 547 | Aborted |
| Radio Operator | Soto, Roman Serrano⇗ | 547 | Aborted |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Holloway, Durwood Harmon⇗ | 547 | Aborted |
| Ball Turret | Ott, Robert Edward⇗ | 547 | Aborted |
| Tail Gunner | Pharr, Keating Sams⇗ | 547 | Aborted |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Smith, Walter Blaine⇗ | 547 | Aborted |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Ripley, Seth Thomas⇗ | 547 | Aborted |