MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1943‑09‑09 | 23 | 94 | Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Lille-Vendeville, France |
Enemy Airfield Devastated: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) contributed 16 aircraft to today's mission, an attack on important airfields located about 60 miles southeast of Calais, France. After making a 360° turn near the Initial Point to clear another group, a visual bomb run was accomplished on the secondary target, with good results. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: High Squadron Lead. |
Secondary (Visual) Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Vitry-en-Artois, France |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
B-17F | 42‑3441 ⇗ | 547th | SO*E | PATCHES II / SPOTTED COW |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Ogilvie, Donald Potter⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Kilmer, Robert Bruce, Jr⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Barkley, John William, Jr⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Bombardier | Wilson, William Hollis⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Murray, James Raymond⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Hood, Emmett Alexander⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | McKeon, James William⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Ratkiewicz, Louis Lawrence⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Sylvia, Francis Robert⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Martin, William Enoch⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |