| MISSION DATA: | |||
| DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
| 1943‑12‑05 | 40 | 149 | Target: Fighter Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Saint-Jean-d'Angély, France |
| Weather Prevents Attack: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) led the 41st Combat Wing, the first of the two combat wings comprising Air Task Force 1, on today's mission. Clouds were encountered during the mission until they became impenetrable about 75 miles from the target, at which point the attack was abandoned. Although no attack was accomplished, due to the penetration of enemy air space the groups involved received combat credit. | |||
| SORTIE DATA: | ||
| COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
| Yes |
Returned To Base Comments: High Squadron lead. Crew list includes Captain H H Stroud, a medical officer, with position given as M: he is entered as an 'Observer' on this sortie because he was observing the medical aspects of conditions experienced by the crew in combat. Landed away at RNAS Henstridge, Somerset. Returned to base 7 December 1943. |
N/A |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | |||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
| B-17G | 42‑31058 ⇗ | 546th | BK*T | LIBERTY RUN | Francis, Percy Tom |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Wilson, William Monroe⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Co-pilot | Wise, Joseph William⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Bailey, William Eugene⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Bombardier | Crown, Richard Keith⇗ | GpHQ | Completed, Uninjured |
| Radio Operator | Compton, James Harold⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Birnbaum, Lester (NMI)⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Ball Turret | Heintzelman, David Leroy⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Tail Gunner | Greene, Frank Palmer⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Stamm, Murray Raymond⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Pavlisko, John Arthur⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Observer | Stroud, Henry Herbert⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |