SORTIE REPORT #1117
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1943‑12‑13 42 154 Target: Port Area
Type: Transportation
Location: Bremen, Germany
Maximum Effort: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided two group formations for today's mission. The A Task Group was the lead group of the 41st Combat Wing, and the B Task Group was the low group of the same Wing. Both groups bombed the primary target using PFF aiming.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: Lead group.
Primary (PFF)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 42‑31045 ⇗ 546th BK*M not known McKinney, Lauren Lee
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Decker, Charles Edgar⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Maahs, Robert Edward⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Kobes, Eugene Paul⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Barber, Ruffin Frank⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Blocksidge, Charles Russell⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret O'Cain, Billy Eklund⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Reedy, Delbert Rudolph⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Smith, William Henry, Jr⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Rubinson, Harold David⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Bratko, John (NMI)⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
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