| 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: Lead group. |
No Target Attacked |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17G | 42‑107064 ⇗ | 547th | SO*S | MISS FITT |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Carter, Jack Nifong⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Co-pilot | Blackburn, Keith Monroe⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Pitts, William Lawrence⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Togglier | Zipfel, Herbert Walter⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Radio Operator | Schepers, Bob Eugene⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Waller, Guy Ford⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Ball Turret | Loya, Antonio (NMI)⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Tail Gunner | Cummings, Julian Cowden⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Jablonski, Raymond Joseph⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |