SORTIE REPORT #677
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 42‑30196 ⇗ 546th BK*Y SAD SACK Flynn, James Francis
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Keller, Lawrence Larry, Jr⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Odell, Marion Dale⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Hart, Jerome Fraser⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Gross, Kenneth Elbert⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Vansandt, Wallie Havis, Jr⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Jacoby, Virgilio (NMI)⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret McClean, Harold Keith⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Jellings, Charles Albert⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Maloney, John Edward⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Philippi, Norbert Francis⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
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