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: Low Squadron Deputy. |
TOO (Visual) Target: City Type: Non-Military Location: Aurich, Germany |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | |||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
B-17F | 42‑29712 ⇗ | 546th | BK*O | PHILLY-BROOKLYN | McIntire, Bruce Dodson |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Jones, William Arch, Jr⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Morgan, James Edward, Jr⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Coughlin, James Phillip⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Bombardier | Wilson, James Marvin⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Gager, Homer Dwight⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Dowsley, Felix Raymond, Jr⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Brown, William (NMI)⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Pierce, Ralph Emerson, Jr⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | White, Frederick Louis⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Rotondi, George William, Jr⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |