SORTIE REPORT #2847
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)
No Aborted Mission After Taking Off.
Comments: Turned back over base because pilot got severe cramp in knee joint.
N/A
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 42‑107074 546th BK*P HELENA Stachon, John Joseph
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Malone, John James 546 Aborted
Co-pilot Donohue, William Robert 546 Aborted
Navigator Boreiko, John Vincent 546 Aborted
Bombardier Moody, James Clifton, Jr 546 Aborted
Radio Operator Weissenbach, Kenneth August 546 Aborted
Engineer/Top Turret Smith, Kenneth Elwood 546 Aborted
Ball Turret Tow, Douglas Uane 546 Aborted
Tail Gunner Millhouse, Clarence Laverne 546 Aborted
Waist (Flexible) Gunner McGuire, James Francis 546 Aborted
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Toboz, Benny (NMI) 546 Aborted
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