SORTIE REPORT #674
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1943‑10‑02 27 106 Target: Port Facilities
Type: Transportation
Location: Emden, Germany
Port of Emden Attacked: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the Lead Group of the 1st Bombardment Division at the head of Air Task Force 2, with General Robert F Travis aboard the Lead ship. Near the IP, the PFF-equipped Deputy ship took the lead. Bombs were away using PFF aiming, with unobserved results.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission Primary (PFF)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17F 42‑30005 546th BK*A SALVAGE QUEEN Schuyler, Charles Robert
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Harry, William Russell 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Johnson, Erwin Crawford 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Black, David Hall 546 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Mannka, Charles Pershing 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Simpson, Edward Francis 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Wheeler, Tom Brooks 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret McKenna, John Conat 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Parent, Leroy (NMI) 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Baker, Earl Shelton 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Markus, Julius Martin 546 Completed, Uninjured
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