MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1943‑12‑16 | 43 | 156 | Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Bremen, Germany |
Cloudy Bremen: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the low group of the 41st Combat Wing on today's mission. The group bombed the primary target on the wing lead, who was using PFF aiming. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: Landed away at Polebrook. |
Primary (PFF) |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
B-17G | 42‑37801 ⇗ | 547th | SO*G | DYNAMITE EXPRESS |
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 |