SORTIE REPORT #4557
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑06‑28 148 445 Target: Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Juvincourt (Juvincourt-et-Damary), France
Airfield Attacked: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided the high groups for the 41st A and B Combat Bombardment Wings on today's mission. The A group experienced traffic conflicts in the target area, and had to make a second bomb run, but the B group did not have this problem and bombed their assigned aim point on the first bomb run. On return to England, weather forced most crews to land at other bases.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: High group deputy, 41st A wing. Landed away at Wattisham, AAF Station 377, on return due to weather.
Primary (Visual)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑38208 547th SO*A LILLY BELLE
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Shelley, John Keith 547 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot McCartney, James Thomas 547 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Kinzer, James Brooks, Jr 547 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Hendrix, Alfred Franklin 547 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Sapolin, Morton (NMI) 547 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Frisbee, Joseph Selvyn 547 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Saunders, Rufus Milton 547 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Whittington, Dee W 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Snyder, Clifford Leroy 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Flannery, Wade Henderson 547 Completed, Uninjured
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