SORTIE REPORT #687
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
B-17F 42‑29557 ⇗ 547th SO*S YANKEE GAL
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Fields, Leon (NMI)⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Kaczaraba, William (NMI)⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Horsky, Marvin Lewis⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Wirth, Theodore Matthew⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Peifer, Wilbur Alan⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Honeycutt, John Samuel⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Craden, Solomon (NMI)⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Polley, George Gibson, Jr⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Gilrane, Harry Alexander⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Parker, Peter Franklin⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
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