SORTIE REPORT #4743
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 42‑102617 544th SU*T DEVIL'S BRAT
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Rimbold, Arthur Arimese 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Kell, Joseph Wilfred 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Rubenstein, Joseph (NMI) 544 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Floyd, Thomas Samuel 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Grieves, Bobby Vernon 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Brock, Henry Reuben 544 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Moore, Lindsay Dow 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Huggins, Kenneth Burele 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Reams, Russell Don 544 Completed, Uninjured
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