SORTIE REPORT #3235
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑05‑20 110 359 Target: Orly Airport
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Paris, France
Luftwaffe Attacked: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the high group of the 41st Combat Bombardment Wing on today's mission. CAVU conditions permitted visual bombing, and the aiming point - the middle of a large hangar - was obliterated.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: High Squadron Lead.
Primary (Visual)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑97188 544th SU*A not known
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Hall, Barney Marcus, Jr 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Melzar, Raymond Augustus, Jr 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Jacobson, George John 544 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Peters, Joseph James 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Sherriff, Albert Keith 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Ronquist, Reuben Jacob 544 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Williams, Walter Bruce, Jr 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Wilson, Clarence Eugene 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Philpott, Thomas Edward 544 Completed, Uninjured
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