SORTIE REPORT #186
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1943‑07‑14 8 73 Target: Villacoublay Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Paris, France
Luftwaffe Airfield Pounded: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the high group of its assigned Combat Wing on today's mission. The target was accurately bombed with good results.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
No Aborted Mission After Taking Off.
Comments: Turned back three to four minutes after crossing the French coast at 0748 hrs due to failure of #1 engine.
No Target Attacked
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17F 42‑30139 545th JD*O SNUFFY
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Christman, Clarence Ray 544 Aborted
Co-pilot Carroll, Robert Stanley 544 Aborted
Navigator Dennett, Vern Becker 544 Aborted
Bombardier Sears, William Herschel 544 Aborted
Radio Operator Gillis, John James 544 Aborted
Engineer/Top Turret Detrick, Albert Warren 544 Aborted
Ball Turret Leonard, Robert Alfred 544 Aborted
Tail Gunner McCormack, Walter Steve 544 Aborted
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Hill, Carl Victor 544 Aborted
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Goubeaux, Jerome John 544 Aborted
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