| 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: Landed away at Snetterton Heath Airfield, AAF Station 138, due to low fuel. |
TOO (Visual) Target: City Type: Non-Military Location: Aurich, Germany |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17F | 42‑29554 ⇗ | 545th | JD*Y | BILLIE |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Yelvington, Melton Albert⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Co-pilot | Boyce, Ernest Marshall, Jr⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Broat, Arthur E⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Bombardier | Cecil, Boyd Allen⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Radio Operator | Sigler, Edwin Robert⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Smith, Bob (NMI)⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Ball Turret | Paige, Robert Eugene⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Tail Gunner | Albertson, Harry Edward⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Davis, Edward Douglas⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Capps, Milburn Perry⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |