| MISSION DATA: | |||
| DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
| 1943‑12‑05 | 40 | 149 | Target: Fighter Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Saint-Jean-d'Angély, France |
| Weather Prevents Attack: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) led the 41st Combat Wing, the first of the two combat wings comprising Air Task Force 1, on today's mission. Clouds were encountered during the mission until they became impenetrable about 75 miles from the target, at which point the attack was abandoned. Although no attack was accomplished, due to the penetration of enemy air space the groups involved received combat credit. | |||
| SORTIE DATA: | ||
| COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
| No |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off. Comments: High Squadron deputy; aborted due to a "broken piston head in #2 engine." |
N/A |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | |||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
| B-17G | 42‑31222 ⇗ | 546th | BK*D | LAZY DAISY | Flynn, James Francis |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Taylor, Sidney Paul⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
| Co-pilot | Miller, James Gilmore, II⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
| Navigator | Chapin, Robert Charles⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
| Bombardier | Rymer, Albert Ray⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
| Radio Operator | Gerow, Francis (NMI)⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Wallace, Virgil Leonard⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
| Ball Turret | Coleman, Lester Kenneth⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
| Tail Gunner | Drennan, Robert Gerard⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Philippi, Norbert Francis⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Schekel, Lorin Edwin⇗ | 546 | Aborted |