SORTIE REPORT #11620
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑08‑03 170 513 Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Fleury, Flers, Fiefs, France
V-Weapons Targeted: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew three group formations - identified as H, I, and J Groups, the last three of ten groups comprising Air Task Force #1 - on today's mission to attack widely scattered V-1 launch sites. Note that the groups of this ATF flew in trail, not in combat wing formations. Although the J Group was unable to bomb its target (Fiefs) due to weather, the H and I Groups hit their assigned targets at Fleury and Flers, respectively.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: H Group Hot Camera Ship.
Group Primary (Visual)
Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Fleury, France
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 Hassing, Eugene Theron 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot McDaniel, Earl Clark 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Pougiales, George Francis 546 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Reeder, James Louis 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Williams, David H 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Wiggin, George Owen 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Sullivan, Robert James 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Peterson, William Junior 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Carmack, Ted Morgan 546 Completed, Uninjured
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