SORTIE REPORT #674
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1943‑10‑02 27 106 Target: Port Facilities
Type: Transportation
Location: Emden, Germany
Port of Emden Attacked: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the Lead Group of the 1st Bombardment Division at the head of Air Task Force 2, with General Robert F Travis aboard the Lead ship. Near the IP, the PFF-equipped Deputy ship took the lead. Bombs were away using PFF aiming, with unobserved results.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission Primary (PFF)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17F 42‑30005 ⇗ 546th BK*A SALVAGE QUEEN Schuyler, Charles Robert
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Harry, William Russell⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Johnson, Erwin Crawford⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Black, David Hall⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Mannka, Charles Pershing⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Simpson, Edward Francis⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Wheeler, Tom Brooks⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret McKenna, John Conat⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Parent, Leroy (NMI)⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Baker, Earl Shelton⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Markus, Julius Martin⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
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