SORTIE REPORT #1131
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, high Squadron deputy.
Primary (PFF)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17F 42‑5404 ⇗ 545th JD*M THE GEEZIL
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Ross, Burton Raymond⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Nelson, Francis Page, Jr⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Canziani, Arthur Leonard⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Seibel, James Edward⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Mason, Jack Leslie (#2)⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Bartholomew, Everett Laverne⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Ralph, Robert Edward⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Grimes, Robert Albert⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Vezina, Thomas Joseph⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Bishop, J T (IO)⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
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