SORTIE REPORT #1332
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑01‑05 50 176 Target: Port Area
Type: Transportation
Location: Kiel, Germany
Smokescreen Not Effective: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the lead group of the 41st Composite Combat Wing on today's mission. Weather at the target was CAVU, and a defensive smokescreen failed to hide the target, permitting a successful visual attack.
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 42‑31222 ⇗ 546th BK*D LAZY DAISY Flynn, James Francis
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Courtemanche, Ralph Eudor⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Hartness, Joseph George, Jr⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Parisette, Donald Frederick⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Thaxter, Floyd Wilson⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Turner, Claude Murphy⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Geronemo, James Anthony⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Aronson, Isadore Irving⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Brown, Oakley Wayne⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Zieba, Edmund (NMI)⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Zee, Julius (NMI)⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
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