MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1943‑12‑13 | 42 | 154 | Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Bremen, Germany |
Maximum Effort: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided two group formations for today's mission. The A Task Group was the lead group of the 41st Combat Wing, and the B Task Group was the low group of the same Wing. Both groups bombed the primary target using PFF aiming. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: Lead group. |
Primary (PFF) |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | |||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
B-17G | 42‑31045 ⇗ | 546th | BK*M | not known | McKinney, Lauren Lee |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Decker, Charles Edgar⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Maahs, Robert Edward⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Kobes, Eugene Paul⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Bombardier | Barber, Ruffin Frank⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Blocksidge, Charles Russell⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | O'Cain, Billy Eklund⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Reedy, Delbert Rudolph⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Smith, William Henry, Jr⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Rubinson, Harold David⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Bratko, John (NMI)⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |