SORTIE REPORT #216
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 42‑29768 547th SO*X WINSOME WINN II
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Willing, Mark Skinner, Jr 547 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Martin, Rudolph Alfred 547 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Haley, Bruce Thomas 547 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Brown, Robert E 547 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Pisarski, Joseph Frank 547 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Holloway, Durwood Harmon 547 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Ott, Robert Edward 547 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Smith, Walter Blaine 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Pharr, Keating Sams 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Ripley, Seth Thomas 547 Completed, Uninjured
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