| MISSION DATA: | |||
| DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
| 1944‑08‑07 | 174 | 527 | Target: Aircraft Fuel Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Dugny (Paris), France |
| Target Near Le Bourget: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided all three groups of the 41st A Combat Bombardment Wing on today's mission. The target combined two strategic objectives in one: the Luftwaffe and their fuel supply. Unfortunately, none of the bombs came near the target, with the lead and low groups dropping their bombs several miles to the east of it, and the high group attacking facilities at Chateaudun Airfield after being unable to sight the primary target. | |||
| SORTIE DATA: | ||
| COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
| No |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off. Comments: High group. Turned back over the English Channel after the Engineer was seriously injured after being 'caught between the upper local turret and the wall.' |
N/A |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17G | 42‑102430 ⇗ | 545th | JD*O | SPAM-O-LINER |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Martin, Donald Francis⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Co-pilot | Weisenberg, Leonard⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Harrison, Arthur Seymour⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Bombardier | Saunders, James Bernard⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Radio Operator | Flatt, James Edward⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Bianca, Buddy Armand⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Ball Turret | Claxon, Ernest Haydon⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Tail Gunner | Coburn, Ellsworth Gorden⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Winiarski, Eugene Alphonse⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |