SORTIE REPORT #4639
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑07‑06 152 456 Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Blanc Pignon Ferme, Cléty, France
Overcoming Weather Diffuculty: For today's second mission, thirteen aircraft of the 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as a group (but designated as the 41st Combat Wing). The target name given is 'BLANC/PIGNON/FERME', which was located within the commune of Cléty, France. Obscuration of the target and maneuvering difficulties led the group to make three bomb runs, finally dropping on a target of opportunity (TOO) two miles north of the primary target, which the bombardier believed was a V-1 launch site under construction.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission TOO (Visual)
Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Two miles north of Cléty, France
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑102617 544th SU*T DEVIL'S BRAT
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Allred, Frank Lavon 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Reed, William Marcus 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator O'Sullivan, Timothy James 544 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Leschak, Nickolas, Jr 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Drury, Eldon Boyd 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Noble, Raymon Lewis 544 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Mitchell, Robert McKinley, Jr 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Hunt, Virgil Dowell 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Redcay, Carl Harry 544 Completed, Uninjured
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