| MISSION DATA: | |||
| DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
| 1943‑09‑27 | 26 | 104 | Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Emden, Germany |
| Bad Weather Over Emden: Nineteen aircraft of the 384th Bombardment Group (H) took off for today's mission to attack the port facilities in Emden, Germany. Clouds obscured the primary target forcing the wing leaders to seek a target of opportunity. The city of Aurich, Germany, northeast of Emden, had the bad luck to be in the clear, and so received the brunt of the attack. | |||
| SORTIE DATA: | ||
| COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
| Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: One engine went out before the target, and a second was hit by flak. A third engine quit on the way home. The crew threw as much as possible overboard, and the pilot was able to bring it in on one engine. |
TOO (Visual) Target: City Type: Non-Military Location: Aurich, Germany |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17F | 42‑3216 ⇗ | 545th | JD*S | THE JOKER |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Van der Haeghen, Joseph Albert⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Co-pilot | Harvey, Walter Lewis⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Canziani, Arthur Leonard⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Togglier | Bishop, J T (IO)⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Radio Operator | Mason, Jack Leslie (#2)⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Bartholomew, Everett Laverne⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Ball Turret | Ralph, Robert Edward⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Tail Gunner | Grimes, Robert Albert⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Marshall, Milford (NMI)⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Dillingham, Desmond Quinton⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |