SORTIE REPORT #2843
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑05‑01 99 332 Target: Launch Site in Foret Nationale de Tournehem
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Foret Nationale de Tournehem, France
Last Resort Target Bombed: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) led the 41st Combat Wing on today's mission. Clouds solidly covered the primary target, so the mission commander led the wing in an attack on an airfield in the Amiens/Poix area of France.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: Wing Lead.
Last Resort Target (Visual)
Target: Poix Airfirld
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Amiens/Poix (Poix-de-Picardie?), France
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 42‑31211 546th BK*H RENO'S RAIDER Pierce, Howard Bundy
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Commander Buck, William Edward, Jr GpHQ Completed, Uninjured
Pilot Ulrey, Edgar Ellsworth GpHQ Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Chapin, Robert Charles 546 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Crown, Richard Keith GpHQ Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Ranallo, Sam David 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Kolassa, Edward Leonard 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Dennison, James Edward 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Melsen, Howard Carl 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Montz, Nemours Albert 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Connors, Albert William 546 Completed, Uninjured
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