SORTIE REPORT #5399
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: I Group.
Group Primary (Visual)
Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Flers, France
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 44‑6080 547th SO*L not known
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Goodrick, Gene Robert 547 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Harter, David Smuck 547 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Weiss, Warren Henry 547 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Spears, Simms Memory 547 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Adams, Harold Peter 547 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Brumley, Paul James 547 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Pierce, Lee Francis 547 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Clairday, Willard Lee 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Stephens, Frank (NMI) 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Seibel, Joseph Austin 547 Completed, Uninjured
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