SORTIE REPORT #4397
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑06‑22 144 432 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Lille (Fives district), France
Transportation Attacked: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) led the 41st B Combat Bombardment Wing, and also provided the low group, on this afternoon's mission, the second of the day. The target was a marshalling yard east of Lille in the Fives district. Scattered low clouds challenged the bombardiers' skills, but bombs were dropped with good sighting by the use of visible reference points.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission Primary (Visual)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 43‑37703 544th SU*P TREMBLIN GREMLIN (II)
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Murchan, Lawrence Aloysius 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Shwery, Arthur John 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Ferguson, Donald Louis 544 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Snyder, Henry Franklin 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Gore, Oscar Nathan 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Grindell, Robert Dennis 544 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Adams, George Alvan 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Nielsen, Erling (NMI) 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Tallmon, Raymond Dale 544 Completed, Uninjured
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