| 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 |
Failed To Return: Ditched Comments: This crew's first mission; left formation shortly after attacking target; ran out of fuel and ditched in the North Sea off the Dutch Coast (Frisian Islands); they were rescued and brought to the German Frisian Island of Juist, where the radio operator who had been KIA was buried; MACR 1725. |
Primary (Visual) |
| 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 | Carnes, James Frederick⇗ | 546 | POW |
| Co-pilot | Parsons, William Harold⇗ | 546 | POW |
| Navigator | Pue, Robert John⇗ | 546 | POW |
| Bombardier | Kahn, Jacob S (IO)⇗ | 546 | POW |
| Radio Operator | Wetherbee, Robert Odell⇗ | 546 | KIA |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Meyer, Mark August⇗ | 546 | POW/Wounded |
| Ball Turret | Doss, Frank Emmett⇗ | 546 | POW |
| Tail Gunner | Crow, Jerry Adrian⇗ | 546 | POW |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Tragellas, William George⇗ | 546 | POW |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | McLain, Marvin Dewey⇗ | 546 | POW |
| SORTIE-RELATED DOCUMENTS: | |
| TYPE | IDENTIFICATION |
| MACR | Missing Air Crew Report # 1725⇗ |