SORTIE REPORT #1140
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 deputy.
Primary (PFF)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 42‑37848 ⇗ 546th BK*E SISSY Jacobs, Gilbert Oren
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Carpenter, Walter Richard⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Estes, Thomas Jefferson⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Hedin, Carl Anton⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Altman, Murray David⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Fallesen, Wayne Peter⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret McCracken, Dwight Howard⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret O'Leary, Edward Joseph⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Leibring, Clarence Paul⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Zyglowicz, Bernard Frank⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Girard, Donald Robert⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
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