MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1943‑09‑16 | 24 | 97 | Target: Blockade Runner Ship (in Loire River) Type: Transportation Location: Nantes, France |
Ship Gone; Port Facilities Attacked: The 384th Bomb Group flew as the Low Group of the leading Wing of Air Task Force 1 on today's Mission. Primary target was a supply ship for submarines. The ship was not found in the briefed area, so the Group attacked the secondary target, port facilities and shipping, with good results. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: High Squadron lead. |
Secondary (Visual) Target: Harbor Facilities Type: Transportation Location: Nantes, France |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | |||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
B-17F | 42‑30033 ⇗ | 546th | BK*G | LITTLE AMERICA | Foster, Ewing H |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Kelly, James Henry⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Taylor, Sidney Paul⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Blount, Wilbourne Earl⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Bombardier | Ryberg, John Edward⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Beaupre, Jerome Bernard⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Nealis, Leonard Martin Eugene⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Lane, Dennis Joseph⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Yaskow, Peter Thomas⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Mizgorski, Aloysius William⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Killin, Roland Leroy⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |