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 L 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Stoner, Harper Sylvester 545 Completed, Uninjured
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