SORTIE REPORT #687
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
B-17F 42‑29557 547th SO*S YANKEE GAL
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Fields, Leon (NMI) 547 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Kaczaraba, William (NMI) 547 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Horsky, Marvin Lewis 547 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Wirth, Theodore Matthew 547 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Peifer, Wilbur Alan 547 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Honeycutt, John Samuel 547 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Craden, Solomon (NMI) 547 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Polley, George Gibson, Jr 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Gilrane, Harry Alexander 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Parker, Peter Franklin 547 Completed, Uninjured
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