SORTIE REPORT #1408
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-17F 42‑29703 544th SU*E KATHY JANE
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Robinson, Robert Lawrence 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Baylor, Robert Bledsoe 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Holzbaur, Frederick Morris 544 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Kramer, Herman Drummond 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Stumpf, Howard Martin 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Hutchison, William Wilds 544 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Maziarka, Stanley Walter 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Ripley, Carlyle David 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Porter, Edward Eugene 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Johnston, Thomas Theadora, Jr 544 Completed, Uninjured
Sortie Report 1408 provided by 384thBombGroup.com
SortieEngine.php Rev. 3.3.2, 22 June 2022
Report generated: 11 November 2024, 11:21 AM (PST)
Site design and content © 1999-2024 by Webmaster