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. One bomb hung; jettisoned in North Sea. |
Primary (PFF) |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | |||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
B-17F | 42‑29935 ⇗ | 545th | BK*K | THE CAT'S SASS / PULMADIQUE | Hunter, Jack Walter |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Markow, Henry Victor⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Lundgren, Edward Warren⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Schweikart, John William⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Bombardier | Messer, Joseph Louis, Jr⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Wellman, Robert Francis⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Fooder, Elmer Hoben⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Stropek, George Vincent⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Misiewicz, Joseph Raymond⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Sager, Edwin Millard⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Madden, Arthur Willliam⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |