SORTIE REPORT #1013
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: Landed away at 'Coltishall' (or 'Cottishall'). Intelligence Officer report, item 6, includes the statement: 'A/C 781, Lt. TAYLOR, Pilot has reported one killed and three wounded men aboard at landing.' The wounded individuals are not identified.
Primary (PFF)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 42‑37781 546th BK*U SILVER DOLLAR Priesnitz, Frank Joseph, Jr
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Taylor, Sidney Paul 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Miller, James Gilmore, II 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Chapin, Robert Charles 546 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Rymer, Albert Ray 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Braman, William Stuart 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Wallace, Virgil Leonard 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Kuspa, Joseph Albert 546 KIA
Tail Gunner Schekel, Lorin Edwin 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Conn, Robert John 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Ukrain, Sidney Charles 546 Completed, Uninjured
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