SORTIE REPORT #688
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 42‑29703 ⇗ 544th SU*E KATHY JANE TALLYWACKER
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Robinson, Robert Lawrence⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Baylor, Robert Bledsoe⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Holzbaur, Frederick Morris⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Kramer, Herman Drummond⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Stumpf, Howard Martin⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Johnston, Thomas Theadora, Jr⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Maziarka, Stanley Walter⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Ripley, Carlyle David⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Porter, Edward Eugene⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Bumpers, Frederick Scott⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
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