SORTIE REPORT #1398
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑01‑14 53 183 Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Le Meillard, France
V-Weapons Site Bombed: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the lead and low squadrons of the 41st Combat Wing on today's mission. Two bomb runs were made in CAVU conditions. The lead squadron's bombing was judged 'fair to good' and the low squadron's was 'poor ... far short of target.'
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission Primary (Visual)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑31606 547th SO*O not known
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Stearns, Clarence Grover 547 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Urton, Raymond Lee 547 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator McCafferty, John Andrew 547 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Marquardt, George Marvin 547 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Soto, Roman Serrano 547 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Barkhurst, David Luther 547 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Fulwider, Albert Clayton, Jr 547 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Martell, Warren Harding 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Robison, John Timothy 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Corrigan, Theodore Bernard 547 Completed, Uninjured
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