SORTIE REPORT #1013
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1943‑11‑29 38 143 Target: Port Area
Type: Transportation
Location: Bremen, Germany
Bremen Bombed, Results Unobserved: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) attacked Bremen using PFF aiming.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: Landed away at 'Coltishall' (or 'Cottishall'). Intelligence Officer report, item 6, includes the statement: 'A/C 781, Lt. TAYLOR, Pilot has reported one killed and three wounded men aboard at landing.' The wounded individuals are not identified.
Primary (PFF)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 42‑37781 ⇗ 546th BK*U SILVER DOLLAR Priesnitz, Frank Joseph, Jr
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Taylor, Sidney Paul⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Miller, James Gilmore, II⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Chapin, Robert Charles⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Rymer, Albert Ray⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Braman, William Stuart⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Wallace, Virgil Leonard⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Kuspa, Joseph Albert⇗ 546 KIA
Tail Gunner Schekel, Lorin Edwin⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Conn, Robert John⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Ukrain, Sidney Charles⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
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