SORTIE REPORT #173
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1943‑07‑10 7 72 Target: Drucat Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Abbeville, France
Luftwaffe Airfield Attacked: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the low group of the 103rd Combat Wing, the single Wing making up the "Secondary Effort" of today's mission. Good visibility at the target permitted accurate bombing.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission Primary (Visual)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17F 42‑5838 547th SO*P MAD MONEY II
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Frink, Horace Everett 547 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Fields, Leon 547 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Hegstad, Lester Olaf 547 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Carlson, Clyde Pemberton 547 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Griffith, Roy Wesley 547 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Ralston, William Clark 547 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Shelton, William Abner, Jr 547 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Retherford, Archie (NMI), Jr 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Savage, Clyde Henry 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner McNutt, Julius Frederick 547 Completed, Uninjured
Sortie Report 173 provided by 384thBombGroup.com
SortieEngine.php Rev. 3.3.2, 22 June 2022
Report generated: 28 March 2024, 6:15 PM (PDT)
Site design and content © 1999-2024 by Webmaster