SORTIE REPORT #61
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1943‑06‑25 2 67 Target: Industrial Area & Submarine Pens
Type: Military
Location: Hamburg, Germany
Weather Reduces Force: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the High Group of the 103rd Bomb Wing, the second of three wings assigned to this mission. Of the 19 aircraft taking off for today's mission, most became lost in rain and heavy clouds and failed to make wing formation. Eight aircraft continued following the 103rd Combat Wing, four bombing the primary target on the Wing Lead, and one bombing a last resort target; 7 crewmembers were KIA, 2 were MIA, and 21 became POW.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Failed To Return
Comments: Group lead. Bombed primary on wing lead. Lost altitude near coast of England, one engine out and another smoking; cr Smallbroek, The Netherlands. MACR 16357 Maj. Selden Longley McMillin was awarded the Silver Star for this action (Owens p. 197).
Primary (Unknown)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17F 42‑5850 547th SO*M not known
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot McMillin, Selden Longley GpHQ POW
Co-pilot Smith, James William 547 POW/Wounded
Navigator Foister, James Homer GpHQ POW
Bombardier Meyers, Francis Joseph, Jr 547 POW
Radio Operator Reichwein, John Joseph 547 POW
Engineer/Top Turret Buckley, Robert H 547 KIA
Ball Turret Jones, Lynn Tilton 547 POW
Tail Gunner Nelson, Arthur Warren 547 POW
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Pratt, David Allan 547 POW
Waist (Flexible) Gunner MacArthur, Stanley William 547 POW
SORTIE-RELATED DOCUMENTS:
TYPE IDENTIFICATION
MACRMissing Air Crew Report # 16357
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