| MISSION DATA: | |||
| DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
| 1944‑03‑26 | 82 | 280 | Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Le Grismont, Rebecques, France |
| V-1 Complex Hit Hard: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew in group formation on today's mission (apparently, there were no wing or division formations). Weather at the target was CAVU, and two of the three squadrons put bombs right on the primary target aimpoint. Target 'Le Grismont' is a 'Ski-Site' in a wooded area northeast of Rebecques, France. | |||
| SORTIE DATA: | ||
| COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
| Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑31346. |
Primary (Visual) |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17G | 42‑37789 ⇗ | 544th | SU*H | THE LOOSE GOOSE |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Clayton, John Earl⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Co-pilot | Lotz, William Henry, Jr⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Uniszkiewicz, Joseph Kenneth⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Togglier | Corpening, Robert Clark⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Radio Operator | Pizzi, Frank Benjamin⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Watenpool, Jerome Francis⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Ball Turret | Cameron, Francis Raymond⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Tail Gunner | Boydston, Elmer Dean⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Koscheski, Clyde Anderson⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Lewandowski, Thomas Michael⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |