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. FLIGHT TIME 5:30 |
Primary (PFF) |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
B-17F | 42‑29733 ⇗ | 544th | SU*D | LOUISIANA PURCHASE |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Jorgenson, Henry (NMI), Jr⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Lucas, Hoyt Coltman⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Sparrow, Harry Ira⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Bombardier | Pitelka, Francis Jerome⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Buller, Elwood Ellis⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Biederman, Harold Leroy⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Finkelstein, Raymond Louis⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Hall, Lawrence Marion⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Loughlin, Edmund Henry⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Jordan, Edward Allan⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |