SORTIE REPORT #218
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 42‑29985 545th JD*Y KATHLEEN / BARREL HOUSE BESSIE
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Lecates, Robert Leslie 545 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Conkey, Duane Allison 545 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Warrilow, David Paul 545 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Farwell, Francis Raymond 545 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Ausmus, Leon Farrell 545 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Jumper, George William 545 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Billingsley, James Rudolph 545 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Bowen, Frank Howard 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Lemmerman, Henry George 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Daudelin, Eldore Leo 545 Completed, Uninjured
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