SORTIE REPORT #562
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1943‑09‑09 23 94 Target: Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Lille-Vendeville, France
Enemy Airfield Devastated: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) contributed 16 aircraft to today's mission, an attack on important airfields located about 60 miles southeast of Calais, France. After making a 360° turn near the Initial Point to clear another group, a visual bomb run was accomplished on the secondary target, with good results.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
No Aborted Mission After Taking Off.
Comments: Turned back due to #2 engine failure.
N/A
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17F 42‑5849 547th SO*N HELL'S BELLES II
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Goulder, Edmund Samuel 547 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Wilson, William Monroe 547 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Harris, Arthur Claude 547 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Vodilko, Michael Joseph 547 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Sears, William Francis 547 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Thomasson, Edward Arthmur 547 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Leslie, Claude Robert 547 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Seager, Francis Marvin 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Saunders, Paul Ralph 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Turner, John Harvey 547 Completed, Uninjured
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