SORTIE REPORT #3241
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑05‑20 110 359 Target: Orly Airport
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Paris, France
Luftwaffe Attacked: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the high group of the 41st Combat Bombardment Wing on today's mission. CAVU conditions permitted visual bombing, and the aiming point - the middle of a large hangar - was obliterated.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: Returned bombs because togglier did not have sufficient instruction in releasing bombs.
Primary (Visual)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑37792 545th JD*B ELEANOR MAUREEN / BERMONDSEY
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Adams, William Lowell 545 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot McGee, Leonard Vincent 545 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Francis, Allen Warren 545 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Phillips, Carlton Vernon 545 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Rockdaschel, Robert Charles 545 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Vickers, Charles Dunnington 545 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Sutherland, Robert Kenneth 545 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Sandoval, Andres (NMI) 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Wyatt, Kenneth Ainley 545 Completed, Uninjured
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