SORTIE REPORT #5193
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑07‑25 165 494 Target: Tactical - Enemy Strong Points
Type: Military
Location: Montreuil-sur-Lozon, Le Châtel,
& La Chapelle en Juger, France
Support For Imminent Attack: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided all three groups of the 41st B Combat Bombardment Wing on today's mission. The primary targets were troop and artillery concentrations ahead of an attack planned for moments after the bombing. The lead (Montreuil) and low (La Chapelle en Juger) groups attacked their assigned aim points successfully, but the high group held their bomb because their target (Le Chatel) was obscured by previous wings' bomb blasts.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: High Group.
Primary (Visual)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑97320 544th SU*G HOT ROCK
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Melzar, Raymond Augustus, Jr 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Teehan, John Francis 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Borgia, Joseph Francis 544 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Ross, Ralph Kessler 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Gordon, Clifford McDaniel 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Ronquist, Reuben Jacob 544 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Walker, Charles Junior 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Wilson, Clarence Eugene 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Broussard, Joseph Ellis 544 Completed, Uninjured
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