SORTIE REPORT #5661
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 section deputy, low group.
Primary (Visual)
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 Carnes, Joe Ross, Jr 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Wyatt, William Glenn 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Benjamin, Alfred David 544 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Bomar, William M, Jr 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Schick, Frank Joseph, Jr 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Panici, Raymond Arnold 544 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret King, James Bernard, Jr 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Andersen, Gerald Lee 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Ford, Charles William, Jr 544 Completed, Uninjured
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