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: Low Squadron Lead.. |
Primary (PFF) |
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 | Kilmer, Robert Bruce, Jr⇗ | 544 | 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 | Sylvia, Francis Robert⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |