SORTIE REPORT #2301
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 Primary (Visual)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 42‑97142 546th BK*N THOR, GOD OF THUNDER Francis, Percy Tom
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Cole, Howard Woodrow 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Smigelsky, Horace Joseph 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Reinlie, Robert Laingor 545 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Blackburn, Rexford Maynard 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Ellis, Edwin Robert 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret McKeon, Francis Peter 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Hart, George Thurman 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Hartranft, Landis Grant 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Artessa, Carmen Alex 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Long, Thomas Nelson 546 Completed, Uninjured
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