| MISSION DATA: | |||
| DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
| 1944‑01‑21 | 54 | 187 | Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Preuseville, France |
| Weather Affects Bombing: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided two group formations of two squadrons each for today's mission: one flew as the Lead Group of the 41st A Combat Bombardment Wing (41A Group) and the other flew as the Low Group of the 41st B Combat Bombardment Wing (41B Group). The 384th was alerted for an operational mission just as they were about to take off for a practice mission. In the space of one and one-half hours, these 34 aircraft were reconfigured for combat, and dispatched to attack 'NOBALL' targets in France. The 41A Group of 18 aircraft, led by Major Alfred C Nuttall, attacked the Preuseville target on their fourth bomb run. The 41B Group of 16 aircraft, led by Major George W Harris, were unable to locate the assigned target in the Pommereval area due to cloud obscuration, despite making seven bomb runs, and returned their bomb loads to base. | |||
| SORTIE DATA: | ||
| COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
| Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: 41A Group, Low Squadron Lead. |
Primary (Visual) |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17F | 42‑5404 ⇗ | 545th | JD*M | THE GEEZIL |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Ashcraft, Archie Bertis, Jr⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Co-pilot | Riggins, George Clifton⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Oppenheimer, Kenneth Harold⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | McKittrick, Vernon Russell⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Bombardier | Hern, Wallace Currie⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Radio Operator | Madden, Joseph Francis⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Sopher, Francis Walton⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Ball Turret | Milstead, Willard Cleo⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Tail Gunner | Lindsey, William Howard⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Oien, Clarence Holger⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Howard, Hiram Glenn⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |