| MISSION DATA: | |||
| DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
| 1944‑05‑08 | 103 | 345 | Target: V-Weapon Service Bunker (under construction) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Sottevast, France |
| V-Weapons Attacked: On today's second mission, the 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the high group of the 41st Combat Bombardment Wing. Although the group lead was shot down shortly before bombs away, the deputy completed the attack. | |||
| SORTIE DATA: | ||
| COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
| Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: Bombed target; landed away at RAF Ford, West Sussex, with #4 engine out and pilot wounded by flak. |
Primary (Visual) |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | |||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
| B-17G | 42‑97510 ⇗ | 546th | BK*A | SATAN'S PLAYMATE | Schuyler, Charles Robert |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Jackson, Winthrop Alsop, Jr⇗ | 544 | Wounded |
| Co-pilot | Gottfried, Raymond Nathan⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Sell, Herman Rewellien⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Bombardier | Simons, Harry (NMI)⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Radio Operator | Podos, Bernard (NMI)⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Hagan, Eugene Thomas⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Ball Turret | Hendricks, William Chalmers⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Tail Gunner | McCullough, Jerry Lynnell⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Handley, Warren Joseph⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Myers, Lewis Porter⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |