SORTIE REPORT #4750
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: High section lead, high 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 44‑6109 545th JD*Q OLE TULIK
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Adams, William Lowell 545 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot McGee, Leonard Vincent 545 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Francis, Allen Warren 545 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Gogarty, Thomas Patrick 545 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Rockdaschel, Robert Charles 545 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Vickers, Charles Dunnington 545 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Sutherland, Robert Kenneth 545 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Sandoval, Andres (NMI) 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Ruspoli, Frank Anthony 545 Completed, Uninjured
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