| 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 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 | 42‑97309 ⇗ | 545th | JD*C | KATHLEEN LADY OF VICTORY |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Pluhar, Emil Edward⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Co-pilot | Switzer, Ralph Vincent⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Machiz, Irving (NMI)⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Togglier | Hall, Horace Homer⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Radio Operator | Harbrecht, Robert Francis⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Perry, Gilbert Franklin⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Ball Turret | Clary, Leonard Estus⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Tail Gunner | Frederickson, Ralph Louis⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Amspacher, Ray Richard⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |