MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1943‑08‑15 | 15 | 82 | Target: Poix-en-Picardie and Amiens-Glisy Airfields Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Poix-de-Picardie & Amiens, France |
Two Targets Attacked: The 384th Bombardment Group flew as one group of the 103rd Combat Wing on today's mission. The plan was to drop half of each aircraft's bomb load on each of two targets. Maneuvering difficulties at the first target (Poix) reduced the bombs dropped there, but the remainder were all dropped on Glisy with good results. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
Yes | Completed Mission | Primary (Visual) |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | |||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
B-17F | 42‑3455 ⇗ | 546th | BK*M | LUCKY THIRTEEN | Coon, Lawrence John |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Faulkiner, Russel Ruben⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Holland, Warren Benjamin⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Peirce, Richard Jackson⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Bombardier | Hawes, Harry Albert⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Kirby, Charles Lawrence, Jr⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Hamblin, Oscar Klass⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Saperstein, Harry (NMI)⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Ross, William Howard⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Ruch, Edward Fred⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Morley, James Patrick⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |