SORTIE REPORT #1121
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: Low group.
Primary (PFF)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑31274 ⇗ 544th SU*O SEA HAG
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Gilmore, William Featherston⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Foster, James Everett⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Vernon, Sheldon Ira⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Ferazzi, Gabriel Ernest⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Corbett, Thomas Walter⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Birch, Frank Austin⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Overcash, Jimmy Lee, Jr⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Matthijetz, Carl Walter⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Corfield, Robert Milton⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Cochran, Thomas Tidwell⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
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