SORTIE REPORT #2759
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑04‑25 95 317 Target: Metz-Frescaty Airdrome
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Metz, France
Traffic and Weather Prevent Attack: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the high group of the 41st Combat Bombardment Wing on today's mission. Bombs were held at the primary target because another group was below the 384th. An attampt to attack the secondary target was thwarted by cloud cover, as was an attempt to bomb the airfield at Abbeville.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: Landed away at RAF Beaulieu, Hampshire, on return due to low fuel.
No Target Attacked
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑97263 547th SO*D LADY MARGARET
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Brown, Donald Harold 547 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Pring, Robert Bradford 547 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Potts, Russell Malcom 547 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Thevenet, Charles James, Jr 547 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Jones, Raymond Brown 547 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Coleman, Robert Loftin 547 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Bretz, Edward Richard 547 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Kennedy, John Charles 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Wills, Charles Howard 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Dunn, Lawrence Warren 547 Completed, Uninjured
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