SORTIE REPORT #563
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)
Yes Completed Mission Secondary (Visual)
Target: Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Vitry-en-Artois, France
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17F 42‑29651 544th SU*G STELLA
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Jacobs, Randolph George Edward 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Boger, Eugene Arthur 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Curtin, John Quinn 544 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Wager, Lawrence Holmes 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Cloud, Doy Jennings 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Goetz, Jack Keith 544 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Gorham, Donald Frederick 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Compton, Robert Lewis 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Gregori, Aldo Joseph 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner McDuff, Robert William 544 Completed, Uninjured
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