SORTIE REPORT #4262
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑06‑19 139 424 Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Fleury & Crépy, France
Weather Limits Bombing: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) put up two group formations for this morning's mission to knock out V-Weapon launch sites. There was no wing or division assembly, each group flying independently to its target and back. The first group (41A Group) was dispatched to Fleury, France, where, even though the cloud cover was solid, the Gee-H bombing system allowed them to drop their bombs. The second group (41B Group) was dispatched to Crépy, France. En route to the target area, the Gee-H equipment became inoperative and efforts by the navigator to repair it were unsuccessful. Therefore, bombs were not dropped by this formation due to the policy that restricts bombing in occupied areas to identifiable military targets.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: 41A Group.
Primary (Gee-H)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑37982 544th SU*K TREMBLING GREMLIN
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Melzar, Raymond Augustus, Jr 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Reed, William Marcus 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Borgia, Joseph Francis 544 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Ross, Ralph Kessler 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Vallo, Lawrence Jonathan 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Ronquist, Reuben Jacob 544 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Walker, Charles Junior 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Wilson, Clarence Eugene 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Broussard, Joseph Ellis 544 Completed, Uninjured
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