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. |
Primary (PFF) |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
B-17F | 42‑29632 ⇗ | 545th | JD*K | CASED ACE |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Ashcraft, Archie Bertis, Jr⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Riggins, George Clifton⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Oppenheimer, Kenneth Harold⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Bombardier | Hern, Wallace Currie⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Madden, Joseph Francis⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Sopher, Francis Walton⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Milstead, Willard Cleo⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Lindsey, William Howard⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Howard, Hiram Glenn⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Oien, Clarence Holger⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |