MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1944‑01‑05 | 50 | 176 | Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Kiel, Germany |
Smokescreen Not Effective: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the lead group of the 41st Composite Combat Wing on today's mission. Weather at the target was CAVU, and a defensive smokescreen failed to hide the target, permitting a successful visual attack. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: FLIGHT TIME 8:00 |
Primary (Visual) |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
B-17G | 42‑37924 ⇗ | 547th | SO*T | not known |
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 | Duro, Victor Henry⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Jordan, Edward Allan⇗ | 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 | Stearman, Charles Lee Verne⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |