SORTIE REPORT #1130
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 Returned Early
Comments: Lead group, high Squadron deputy. Turned back ten minutes from target with bad supercharger on #2 engine.
Primary (PFF)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17F 41‑24578 ⇗ 547th SO*U OLD RELIABLE
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Martin, Rudolph Alfred⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Outen, Charles Levi⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Wood, Charles Stoddart⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Welch, Gordon Michael⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Hitchcock, Carl Edwin⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Swift, Kenneth Gilbert⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Threet, Elmer Ellwood, Jr⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Bazhaw, Elbert Lee⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Wyman, Donald George⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Emmons, James Vincent⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
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