SORTIE REPORT #1180
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1943‑12‑20 44 159 Target: Port Area/Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Bremen, Germany
Bremen Attacked Visually: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the high group of the 41st Combat Wing on today's mission. Although a smoke screen was generated to hide the city, there was sufficient visibility to drop the bombs using visual aiming with the Norden Bombsight. As a result, 'the bombs landed in the built up areas away from the river.' (PRO Log)
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission Primary (Visual)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 42‑31045 ⇗ 546th BK*M not known McKinney, Lauren Lee
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Taylor, Sidney Paul⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Miller, James Gilmore, II⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Chapin, Robert Charles⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Rymer, Albert Ray⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Blocksidge, Charles Russell⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Wallace, Virgil Leonard⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Coleman, Lester Kenneth⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Schekel, Lorin Edwin⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Warshawsky, Morris (NMI)⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Drennan, Robert Gerard⇗ 546 Wounded
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