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Mission Details for Bremen (#6)
Briefing
Details
Number:
6
Date:
12/20/1943 12:00:00 AM
Commander:
Major Edwin W. Brown
Crews Briefed:
Details:
The port of Bremen, in Northwest Germany.
Flying Control
Runway:
23
Engines:
0800
Taxi:
0810
Take Off:
0825
E.T.R.:
Notes:
1547 hours - All operational aircraft landed OK
Debriefing
Aircraft:
21
Lost Over Continent:
0
Lost Other:
0
Summary:
Fifteen of the dispatched aircraft hit the primary target, with 14 of the Group's aircraft sustaining battle damage.
Mission Assignments
Squadron
Participants
Crew
Aircraft
Capt William C. Garland Crew #1
42-39826 Stubborn/Tempermental Jean
1st Lt William J. Kelly Crew #1
42-31034 Bonnie Donnie
Major Donald G. McCree Crew #1
42-38026 My Day
1st Lt William D. Sellers Crew #1
42-39837 Red's Rogues
1st Lt Stuart E. Smith Crew #1
42-37835 Channel Express
2nd Lt Russell M. Fowler Crew #1
(Unknown)
Capt Carl C. Hinkle Jr. Crew #1
(Unknown)
1st Lt Walter B. Keith Crew #1
(Unknown)
2nd Lt Donald H. Lawry Crew #1
(Unknown)
1st Lt Harry L. Piper Jr. Crew #1
(Unknown)
Capt William F. Riegler Crew #1
42-31081 Son of a Blitz
1st Lt Bryan M. Shotts Crew #1
(Unknown)
Capt Vernon K. Cammack Crew #1
(Unknown)
Capt James H. Foster Crew #1
(Unknown)
1st Lt Boudinot Stimson Crew #1
(Unknown)
Capt Fred D. Grinham Crew #1
42-31068 Fool's Luck
Col William T. Seawell Crew #1
42-31077 Pakawalup II
Major Ralph J. White Crew #1
42-40057
Capt Stephen Wysocki Crew #1
42-31069 Little Moe