SORTIE REPORT #4086
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑06‑16 137 416 Target: Athies Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Laon, France
Enemy Airfield Damaged: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) formed the entire 41st C Combat Bombardment Wing, the third of three Wings of Air Task Force #1, for today's mission. Bomb pattern centered on the main runway. [Note: Athies-sous-Laon is east of Laon, and the airfield, northeast of Athies, can still be clearly seen on Google Maps.]
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission Primary (Gee-H)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 42‑31222 546th BK*D LAZY DAISY Flynn, James Francis
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Carey, Gates Chapman 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Bealer, John Levi 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Brooks, James Joseph 546 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Hedrick, Melvin Leroy 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Jordan, Theodore Joseph, Jr 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Vidrine, Wayne Francis 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Costello, Kenneth Harold 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Pettit, Frank Michael 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Robinson, Beauregard James 546 Completed, Uninjured
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