SORTIE REPORT #2787
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑04‑27 96 322 Target: V-Weapon Service Bunker (under construction)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Sottevast, France
V-Weapons Attacked: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as an independent group (no wing formation) on the first of two missions today. The target was partially obscured by haze making sighting difficult. In addition, the AFCE failed on the bomb run, requiring increased coordination between bombardier and pilot. However, most bombs were dropped right on the target area.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Failed To Return
Comments: Direct hit by flak immediately after bombs away; fire started in cockpit and spread throughout aircraft, which peeled off to the left and started down and then exploded; no chutes observed; crashed 2 km W of Valognes, France. MACR 4350
Primary (Visual)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑97136 544th SU*J not known
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Small, Herbert William 544 KIA
Co-pilot Morris, Roy John 544 KIA
Navigator McGue, James Edward 544 KIA
Bombardier Sewack, John Mitchell 544 KIA
Radio Operator Parker, Marion L 544 KIA
Engineer/Top Turret Pirrello, Richard Dominic 544 KIA
Ball Turret Reynolds, John Brooks 544 KIA
Tail Gunner Potkay, Edward Joseph 544 KIA
Waist (Flexible) Gunner George, David Edmond 544 KIA
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Ulrich, Russell Harrison 544 KIA
SORTIE-RELATED DOCUMENTS:
TYPE IDENTIFICATION
MACRMissing Air Crew Report # 4350
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