SORTIE REPORT #5635
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 Completed Mission
Comments: High group hot camera ship.
Primary (Visual)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 42‑107057 546th BK*T SPIRIT OF 96 Priesnitz, Frank Joseph, Jr
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Hanlon, Ernest Edward 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Vallere, Harold Thomas 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Richert, Clarendon George 546 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Simons, Maurice Joseph 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator McCarthy, Eugene (NMI) 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Blasingame, Willis Anderson, Jr 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Titell, Jacques (NMI) 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Campbell, Dorian Lewis 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Brennan, James Joseph 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Shukaitis, George Joseph 546 Completed, Uninjured
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