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) |
No |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off. Comments: Turned back at 1207 hrs over the North Sea (54°45'N,4°20'E) when #4 engine fuel pressure went out. |
No Target Attacked |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
B-17F | 42‑29828 ⇗ | 545th | JD*C | T.S. |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Fioretti, Edward Anthony⇗ | 545 | Aborted |
Co-pilot | Briley, Scott Andrew⇗ | 545 | Aborted |
Navigator | Merlo, Samuel Joseph⇗ | 545 | Aborted |
Navigator | Albertson, Harry Edward⇗ | 545 | Aborted |
Radio Operator | Sylvia, Joseph Herbert⇗ | 545 | Aborted |
Engineer/Top Turret | Stuhl, Walter Edward⇗ | 545 | Aborted |
Ball Turret | House, Horace Doster, Jr⇗ | 545 | Aborted |
Tail Gunner | Day, Huley Newton⇗ | 545 | Aborted |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Wallo, Andrew (NMI)⇗ | 545 | Aborted |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Wolfe, Clark Benjamin, Jr⇗ | 545 | Aborted |