MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1943‑12‑11 | 41 | 151 | Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Emden, Germany |
Emden Hammered: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the high group of the 41st Combat Wing for today's mission. Emden was lightly obscured by an ineffective smoke screen, which did little to shield the city from the bombers onslaught. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
Yes | Completed Mission | Primary (Visual) |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | |||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
B-17F | 42‑29723 ⇗ | 546th | BK*B | WOLF PACK | McIntire, Bruce Dodson |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Jeter, Sydney Ryland, Jr⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Gadd, Elliott Leroy⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Kobes, Eugene Paul⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Bombardier | Swanson, Kenneth John⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Dupuis, George Edward⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | MacDonald, Donald Van Buskirk⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Lisch, John Robert⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Bishop, Nelson M J⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Madl, Ferdinand Jacob⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Persoskie, Metro (NMI)⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |