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: Low group, low Squadron deputy. |
Primary (PFF) |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
B-17F | 42‑3259 ⇗ | 545th | JD*T | SNAFU / ALABAMA WHIRLWIND |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Bedsole, Joseph Linyer, Jr⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Barad, Robert Leo⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Groh, Harold Chester⇗ | 545 | Wounded |
Bombardier | Wismann, William Charles⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Woodall, Arthur James, Jr⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Maruszak, Karol Leonard⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Hotis, Leo Constantine⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | McMichael, Marion Louis⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Mazewski, Michael Henry, Jr⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Ward, Clarence Howard⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |