SORTIE REPORT #539
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1943‑09‑07 22 92 Target: Bruxelles-Evere Airfield/Repair Depot
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Brussels / Bruxelles, Belgium
384th Leads Composite Group: The 384th Bomb Group provided the lead and low squadrons of a composite group (high squadron provided by 303rd BG). Conditions at the primary target permitted a visual attack, and good results were reported.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: Group lead.
Primary (Visual)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17F 42‑3218 545th JD*R DORIS MAE
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Commander Beckett, Thomas Pope GpHQ Completed, Uninjured
Pilot Frink, Horace Everett 547 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Hegstad, Lester Olaf 547 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Carlson, Clyde Pemberton 547 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Griffith, Roy Wesley 547 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Ralston, William Clark 547 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Shelton, William Abner, Jr 547 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Fields, Leon 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner McNutt, Julius Frederick 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Savage, Clyde Henry 547 Completed, Uninjured
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