SORTIE REPORT #4737
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑07‑08 154 460 Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Renescure, France
Weather Hides Primary Target: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided all three group formations of the 41st A Combat Bombardment Wing. Weather concealed the primary target, and with limited visibility of the ground, the lead group was unable to find an authorized target of opportunity to attack: the high and low groups independently dropped their bombs on a Luftwaffe airfield just north of Poix.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: Low group.
TOO (Visual)
Target: Poix Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Poix-de-Picardie, France
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑102430 545th JD*O SPAM-O-LINER
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Seitz, Harold Meade 545 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Hunt, Harold Wesley 545 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Gay, Harry Franklyn 545 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Mack, Robert John 545 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Reynolds, James Warren 545 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Wilson, Marvin Leo 545 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Aden, Raymond (NMI) 545 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Wagner, Robert Wiliam 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Briones, Leon Humberto 545 Completed, Uninjured
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