MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1943‑09‑16 | 24 | 97 | Target: Blockade Runner Ship (in Loire River) Type: Transportation Location: Nantes, France |
Ship Gone; Port Facilities Attacked: The 384th Bomb Group flew as the Low Group of the leading Wing of Air Task Force 1 on today's Mission. Primary target was a supply ship for submarines. The ship was not found in the briefed area, so the Group attacked the secondary target, port facilities and shipping, with good results. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: Landed away at RAF Colerne, Wiltshire. |
Secondary (Visual) Target: Harbor Facilities Type: Transportation Location: Nantes, France |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | |||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
B-17F | 42‑30026 ⇗ | 546th | BK*J | BATTLEWAGON | Flynn, Roland (NMI) |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Algar, Philip Morris⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Calnon, Mark Brooks⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Celentano, Frank A⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Togglier | Thompson, James Westerfield⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Gerow, Francis (NMI)⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Laviolette, Roland Bernard⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | McKay, Kenneth Mitchel, Jr⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Majewski, Casmer Robert⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Yeater, James Thomas⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Schimenek, John Francis⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |