| 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 |
Returned Early Comments: Lead group, high Squadron deputy. Turned back ten minutes from target with bad supercharger on #2 engine. |
Primary (PFF) |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17F | 41‑24578 ⇗ | 547th | SO*U | OLD RELIABLE |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Martin, Rudolph Alfred⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Co-pilot | Outen, Charles Levi⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Wood, Charles Stoddart⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Bombardier | Welch, Gordon Michael⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Radio Operator | Hitchcock, Carl Edwin⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Swift, Kenneth Gilbert⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Ball Turret | Threet, Elmer Ellwood, Jr⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Tail Gunner | Bazhaw, Elbert Lee⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Wyman, Donald George⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Emmons, James Vincent⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |