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 |