SORTIE REPORT #659
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: Group Deputy.
TOO (Visual)
Target: City
Type: Non-Military
Location: Aurich, Germany
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17F 42‑3441 547th SO*E PATCHES II / SPOTTED COW
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Ogilvie, Donald Potter 547 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Kaczaraba, William (NMI) 547 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Grimaldi, Anthony Joseph 546 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Wilson, William Hollis 547 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Murray, James Raymond 547 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Hood, Emmett Alexander 547 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret McKeon, James William 547 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Ratkiewicz, Louis Lawrence 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Martin, William Enoch 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Turner, John Harvey 547 Completed, Uninjured
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