SORTIE REPORT #4765
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, lead group.
No Target Attacked
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑97449 547th SO*B SWEETHEART
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Sweeney, Ned Hardy 547 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Bennett, John R 547 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Culligan, Clarence Sylvester 547 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Kugler, James Hart 547 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Merritt, Roy David 547 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Errett, Kennedy Craig 547 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Mosher, William Martin 547 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Gibbon, Robert William 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Marzola, John Anthony 547 Completed, Uninjured
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