SORTIE REPORT #1405
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 GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 42‑38014 546th BK*G LITTLE AMERICA II Foster, Ewing H
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot West, George Berry 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Yount, Donald Laverne 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator DeWitt, Robert Courtney 544 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Credidio, Anthony Joseph 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Anderson, Charles LeRoy 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Crippen, Creig B 544 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Skerko, John (NMI) 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Graeb, William Louis 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Ray, William Charles 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Figley, Wilbert Guy 544 Completed, Uninjured
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