SORTIE REPORT #4126
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: High Group, High Squadron Lead.
Primary (Visual)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 43‑37713 546th BK*S GREWSOME CREWSOME Jones, Robert A
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Sullivan, James Dominic 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Smigelsky, Horace Joseph 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Kavalkovich, William Michael 546 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Eide, Richard Douglas 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Stanley, Rex Elmo 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Fox, John Short, Jr 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Price, Harold Omas 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Stitzel, Charles Edward 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Norton, Howard Glen 546 Completed, Uninjured
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