SORTIE REPORT #1149
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.
FLIGHT TIME 5:30
Primary (PFF)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17F 42‑29733 ⇗ 544th SU*D LOUISIANA PURCHASE
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Jorgenson, Henry (NMI), Jr⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Lucas, Hoyt Coltman⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Sparrow, Harry Ira⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Pitelka, Francis Jerome⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Buller, Elwood Ellis⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Biederman, Harold Leroy⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Finkelstein, Raymond Louis⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Hall, Lawrence Marion⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Loughlin, Edmund Henry⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Jordan, Edward Allan⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
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