SORTIE REPORT #5393
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑08‑03 170 513 Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Fleury, Flers, Fiefs, France
V-Weapons Targeted: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew three group formations - identified as H, I, and J Groups, the last three of ten groups comprising Air Task Force #1 - on today's mission to attack widely scattered V-1 launch sites. Note that the groups of this ATF flew in trail, not in combat wing formations. Although the J Group was unable to bomb its target (Fiefs) due to weather, the H and I Groups hit their assigned targets at Fleury and Flers, respectively.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: J Group.
No Target Attacked
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑102566 545th JD*M NINA
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot McDaniel, Clifford Franklin, Jr 545 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Rex, Kenneth Monroe 545 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Sturgess, James Alfred 545 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Phillips, Carlton Vernon 545 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Cassidy, Joseph Patrick 545 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Taylor, Raymond Leondis 545 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Carr, Donald Ralph 545 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Brzeski, Anthony Leon 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Stoner, Harper Sylvester 545 Completed, Uninjured
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