| MISSION DATA: | |||
| DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
| 1944‑04‑27 | 96 | 322 | Target: V-Weapon Service Bunker (under construction) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Sottevast, France |
| V-Weapons Attacked: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as an independent group (no wing formation) on the first of two missions today. The target was partially obscured by haze making sighting difficult. In addition, the AFCE failed on the bomb run, requiring increased coordination between bombardier and pilot. However, most bombs were dropped right on the target area. | |||
| SORTIE DATA: | ||
| COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
| Yes |
Failed To Return Comments: Direct hit by flak immediately after bombs away; fire started in cockpit and spread throughout aircraft, which peeled off to the left and started down and then exploded; no chutes observed; crashed 2 km W of Valognes, France. MACR 4350 |
Primary (Visual) |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17G | 42‑97136 ⇗ | 544th | SU*J | not known |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Small, Herbert William⇗ | 544 | KIA |
| Co-pilot | Morris, Roy John⇗ | 544 | KIA |
| Navigator | McGue, James Edward⇗ | 544 | KIA |
| Bombardier | Sewack, John Mitchell⇗ | 544 | KIA |
| Radio Operator | Parker, Marion L⇗ | 544 | KIA |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Pirrello, Richard Dominic⇗ | 544 | KIA |
| Ball Turret | Reynolds, John Brooks⇗ | 544 | KIA |
| Tail Gunner | Potkay, Edward Joseph⇗ | 544 | KIA |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | George, David Edmond⇗ | 544 | KIA |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Ulrich, Russell Harrison⇗ | 544 | KIA |
| SORTIE-RELATED DOCUMENTS: | |
| TYPE | IDENTIFICATION |
| MACR | Missing Air Crew Report # 4350⇗ |