SORTIE REPORT #4759
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: Lead group.
No Target Attacked
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑97201 547th SO*J JAMAICA MARY
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Coleman, Lee Browning 547 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Mulvehill, Edmund Whelan 547 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Greenberg, Marvin (NMI) 547 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Radde, Gerhardt Carl 547 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Van Natter, William Burton 547 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Radtke, Hilbert Robert 547 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Irwin, Robert Tait 547 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Malone, George Martin 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Simeone, Frank Joseph 547 Completed, Uninjured
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