SORTIE REPORT #4090
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑06‑16 137 416 Target: Athies Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Laon, France
Enemy Airfield Damaged: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) formed the entire 41st C Combat Bombardment Wing, the third of three Wings of Air Task Force #1, for today's mission. Bomb pattern centered on the main runway. [Note: Athies-sous-Laon is east of Laon, and the airfield, northeast of Athies, can still be clearly seen on Google Maps.]
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: Low Group Lead.
Primary (Gee-H)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑102449 547th SO*R HALE'S ANGELS
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Commander Bennett, Phillip Nathan, Jr 547 Completed, Uninjured
Pilot Brown, Donald Harold 547 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Welsbacher, Robert Henry 547 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Jacobson, George John 544 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Pederson, Floyd Ray 547 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator House, Harland Francis 547 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Swift, Kenneth Gilbert 547 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Griffin, Daniel (NMI) 547 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Keller, Arthur Alexander 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Zanetti, James John 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Nelson, Marion A 547 Completed, Uninjured
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