SORTIE REPORT #5625
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑08‑11 177 541 Target: Tactical: Coastal Artillery Emplacements
Type: Military
Location: Brest, France
More Troop Support: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided all three groups of the 41st A Combat Bombardment Wing on today's mission. Little opposition and good weather conditions permitted each group formation to bomb their assigned targets in the Brest area accurately. Note that each group was assigned a different aiming point for this mission.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Spare, Completed Mission
Comments: Low group flying spare; joined formation.
Primary (Visual)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑102518 545th JD*K DAMN YANKEE
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Brodie, James Joseph 545 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Vevle, Lloyd Oliver 545 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Hawkins, George Marshall, Jr 545 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Barnes, William Douglas, Jr 545 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Taylor, William Edson 545 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Crumpton, Robert Doyle 545 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Hetu, Gordon Eugene 545 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Miller, Wilfred Frank 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Opie, Leonard Wood 545 Completed, Uninjured
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