SORTIE REPORT #4769
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, high 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 GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 43‑37713 546th BK*S GREWSOME CREWSOME Jones, Robert A
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Sullivan, James Dominic 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Butler, John William, Jr 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Kavalkovich, William Michael 546 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Stitzel, Charles Edward 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Stanley, Rex Elmo 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Fox, John Short, Jr 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Price, Harold Omas 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Neeson, Richard Stanley 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Norton, Howard Glen 546 Completed, Uninjured
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