SORTIE REPORT #678
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
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