SORTIE REPORT #4738
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑07‑08 154 460 Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Renescure, France
Weather Hides Primary Target: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided all three group formations of the 41st A Combat Bombardment Wing. Weather concealed the primary target, and with limited visibility of the ground, the lead group was unable to find an authorized target of opportunity to attack: the high and low groups independently dropped their bombs on a Luftwaffe airfield just north of Poix.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: Low Squadron deputy, low group.
TOO (Visual)
Target: Poix Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Poix-de-Picardie, France
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑102459 544th SU*O LITTLE KENNY
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Durdin, Larkin Clayton 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Carlson, Walter Elmer 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Mathers, John Bowers 544 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Ross, Ralph Kessler 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Ellis, Clayton John 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Randall, Frank Abbott 544 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Morris, Edward Paul 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Hammond, Ralph Clark, Jr 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Thulin, Theodore Clemence 544 Completed, Uninjured
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