SORTIE REPORT #5423
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑08‑03 170 513 Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Fleury, Flers, Fiefs, France
V-Weapons Targeted: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew three group formations - identified as H, I, and J Groups, the last three of ten groups comprising Air Task Force #1 - on today's mission to attack widely scattered V-1 launch sites. Note that the groups of this ATF flew in trail, not in combat wing formations. Although the J Group was unable to bomb its target (Fiefs) due to weather, the H and I Groups hit their assigned targets at Fleury and Flers, respectively.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: J Jroup.
No Target Attacked
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑39888 544th SU*B HOTNUTS
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Durdin, Larkin Clayton 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Carlson, Walter Elmer 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Mathers, John Bowers 544 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Myers, Lewis Porter 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Ellis, Clayton John 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Randall, Frank Abbott 544 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Morris, Edward Paul 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Hammond, Ralph Clark, Jr 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Thulin, Theodore Clemence 544 Completed, Uninjured
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