SORTIE REPORT #50
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1943‑06‑25 2 67 Target: Industrial Area & Submarine Pens
Type: Military
Location: Hamburg, Germany
Weather Reduces Force: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the High Group of the 103rd Bomb Wing, the second of three wings assigned to this mission. Of the 19 aircraft taking off for today's mission, most became lost in rain and heavy clouds and failed to make wing formation. Eight aircraft continued following the 103rd Combat Wing, four bombing the primary target on the Wing Lead, and one bombing a last resort target; 7 crewmembers were KIA, 2 were MIA, and 21 became POW.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: Jettisoned bombs on enemy-occupied Terschelling Island.
Primary (Unknown)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17F 42‑30043 547th SO*V RUTHLESS
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Pulcipher, Ralph Robert 547 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Johnson, Merle (NMI) 547 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Eudey, William (NMI) 547 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Givens, Paul Steurer 547 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Sears, William Francis 547 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Dacus, Judson Leroy 547 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret McLain, Willard Douglas 547 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Gase, Albert Francis 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Hawkins, Joe M, Jr 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Furrey, Thomas Edwin, Jr 547 Completed, Uninjured
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