SORTIE REPORT #2302
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑03‑26 82 280 Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Le Grismont, Rebecques, France
V-1 Complex Hit Hard: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew in group formation on today's mission (apparently, there were no wing or division formations). Weather at the target was CAVU, and two of the three squadrons put bombs right on the primary target aimpoint. Target 'Le Grismont' is a 'Ski-Site' in a wooded area northeast of Rebecques, France.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: High Squadron deputy.
Primary (Visual)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑97150 547th SO*F SILVER QUEEN
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Smith, Harry Bailey 547 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot MacKichan, William Graham 547 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Walling, Neil Emerson 547 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Lynch, John Daniel, Jr 547 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Gray, Kenneth D (IO) 547 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Altendorf, Elroy Andrew 547 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Cox, John Stewart 547 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Felicetti, Frank Dominick 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Gustafson, Claus Norman 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Nichols, Melvin Allen 547 Completed, Uninjured
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