MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1943‑11‑29 | 38 | 143 | Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Bremen, Germany |
Bremen Bombed, Results Unobserved: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) attacked Bremen using PFF aiming. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: Flight leader; plane lost two superchargers and slowed entire formation; the other two groups went ahead and left the 384th BG. This aircraft did not bomb due to bomb bay doors frozen shut. Landed away at RAF Coltishall, Norfolk. |
No Target Attacked |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | |||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
B-17F | 42‑30026 ⇗ | 546th | BK*J | BATTLEWAGON | Flynn, Roland (NMI) |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Commander | Smith, Dale Orville⇗ | GpHQ | Completed, Uninjured |
Pilot | Algar, Philip Morris⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Celentano, Frank A⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Groh, Harold Chester⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Bombardier | McClanahan, James Clifton⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Moore, Howard Milton⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Laviolette, Roland Bernard⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | McKay, Kenneth Mitchel, Jr⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Stallings, Gordon Kenneth⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Majewski, Casmer Robert⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Schimenek, John Francis⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |