SORTIE REPORT #1112
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
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