SORTIE REPORT #1343
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
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