SORTIE REPORT #1144
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-17F 42‑29554 ⇗ 545th JD*Y BILLIE
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Hines, James Wesley⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Burch, Hugh Ralph⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Copeland, Carter Glenn⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Morris, Richard William⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Dahms, Rex John⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Wilson, Jerome Frank⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Douglas, James Clifton⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Cahill, William Lawrence, Jr⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Woodard, Everett Durwood⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Jarvis, Francis Harrison⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
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