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) |
No |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off. Comments: High Squadron lead; Ground Spare Aircraft (545th BS), replaced 42‑3441; turned back due to pilot illness. |
N/A |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
B-17F | 42‑3259 ⇗ | 545th | JD*T | SNAFU / ALABAMA WHIRLWIND |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Goulder, Edmund Samuel⇗ | 547 | Aborted |
Co-pilot | Boyce, Ernest Marshall, Jr⇗ | 547 | Aborted |
Navigator | Harris, Arthur Claude⇗ | 547 | Aborted |
Bombardier | Boomhower, William (NMI)⇗ | 545 | Aborted |
Radio Operator | Sears, William Francis⇗ | 547 | Aborted |
Engineer/Top Turret | Thomasson, Edward Arthmur⇗ | 547 | Aborted |
Ball Turret | Leslie, Claude Robert⇗ | 547 | Aborted |
Tail Gunner | Seager, Francis Marvin⇗ | 547 | Aborted |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Vodilko, Michael Joseph⇗ | 547 | Aborted |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Saunders, Paul Ralph⇗ | 547 | Aborted |