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 |
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.' |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
Yes |
Failed To Return Comments: Disabled by enemy aircraft, crashed in Schleswig-Holstein; MACR 873. Air Commander's Report Excerpt: A/C 712 1235 14,000' 54 degrees 38'N 09 degrees 40'E vertical and left horizontal stabilizer shot away. Down in spin followed by E/A. 2 chutes out, 54 degrees 38'N 10 05'E 6 chutes out, 54 degrees 38'N 09 40'E 1 chute out, as spin started. Tail gun still firing as A/C 712 went down into a spin. |
Primary (Visual) |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | |||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
B-17F | 42‑29712 ⇗ | 546th | BK*O | PHILLY-BROOKLYN | McIntire, Bruce Dodson |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Calnon, Mark Brooks⇗ | 546 | POW |
Co-pilot | Barnes, Vernon Dale⇗ | 546 | POW |
Navigator | Kusler, Ted Harold⇗ | 546 | POW |
Bombardier | Hasler, Lowell Clarence⇗ | 546 | POW/Wounded |
Radio Operator | Patterson, Billie Bob⇗ | 546 | KIA |
Engineer/Top Turret | Rolleri, John Dominic⇗ | 546 | POW |
Ball Turret | Lopez, Sam (NMI)⇗ | 546 | KIA |
Tail Gunner | Lendoiro, Cesareo Garcia⇗ | 546 | KIA |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | McGettigan, John Aloysius, Jr⇗ | 546 | POW |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Henrickson, Robert Marshall⇗ | 546 | POW |
SORTIE-RELATED DOCUMENTS: | |
TYPE | IDENTIFICATION |
MACR | Missing Air Crew Report # 873⇗ |