SORTIE REPORT #213
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1943‑07‑24 9 75 Target: Aluminum & Magnesium Plants
Type: Industry
Location: Herøya, Norway
Aluminum Plants Attacked: The 384th Bombardment Group (H), led by Col. Budd Peaslee, flew its longest mission to date today - over seven hours - mostly over the North Sea to southern Norway. At the target, they found it somewhat obscured on the first bomb run, so went around for a second. Their effort was rewarded with good bombing.
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 42‑5889 544th SU*A LIBERTY BELLE
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Sprague, Alfred Lee 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Doman, Albert Hugh 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Baldwin, Pendleton Gaines 544 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Pierce, Kermit Aubrey 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Anderson, Clarence Denton 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Marshall, Dean William 544 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Stearman, Charles Lee Verne 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Aune, Rudolph (NMI) 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Abramowitz, Abraham Bernhard 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Redding, George Thomas 544 Completed, Uninjured
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