SORTIE REPORT #1154
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: Lead group. One bomb hung; jettisoned in North Sea.
Primary (PFF)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17F 42‑29935 ⇗ 545th BK*K THE CAT'S SASS / PULMADIQUE Hunter, Jack Walter
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Markow, Henry Victor⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Lundgren, Edward Warren⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Schweikart, John William⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Messer, Joseph Louis, Jr⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Wellman, Robert Francis⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Fooder, Elmer Hoben⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Stropek, George Vincent⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Misiewicz, Joseph Raymond⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Sager, Edwin Millard⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Madden, Arthur Willliam⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
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