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 Comments: Wing Lead. Gen. Robert F Travis, Commander, 41st Combat Bombardment Wing (H), Molesworth, AAF Station 107, was aboard this aircraft as Air Task Force 2 Commander. |
Primary (PFF) |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | |||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
B-17F | 42‑30033 ⇗ | 546th | BK*G | LITTLE AMERICA | Foster, Ewing H |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Kelly, James Henry⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Taylor, Sidney Paul⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Martin-Vegue, James Raymond⇗ | GpHQ | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Blount, Wilbourne Earl⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Bombardier | Bonnett, Charles Daniel⇗ | GpHQ | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Beaupre, Jerome Bernard⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Nealis, Leonard Martin Eugene⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Lane, Dennis Joseph⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Ulrey, Edgar Ellsworth⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Killin, Roland Leroy⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Mizgorski, Aloysius William⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |