SORTIE REPORT #1125
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, low Squadron deputy.
Primary (PFF)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17F 42‑3259 ⇗ 545th JD*T SNAFU / ALABAMA WHIRLWIND
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Bedsole, Joseph Linyer, Jr⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Barad, Robert Leo⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Groh, Harold Chester⇗ 545 Wounded
Bombardier Wismann, William Charles⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Woodall, Arthur James, Jr⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Maruszak, Karol Leonard⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Hotis, Leo Constantine⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner McMichael, Marion Louis⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Mazewski, Michael Henry, Jr⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Ward, Clarence Howard⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
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