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: Low Squadron lead. |
Secondary (Visual) Target: Harbor Facilities Type: Transportation Location: Nantes, France |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
B-17F | 42‑5838 ⇗ | 547th | SO*P | MAD MONEY II |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Frink, Horace Everett⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Fields, Leon (NMI)⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Hegstad, Lester Olaf⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Togglier | Savage, Clyde Henry⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Griffith, Roy Wesley⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Ralston, William Clark⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Shelton, William Abner, Jr⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Retherford, Archie (NMI), Jr⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | McNutt, Julius Frederick⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Barto, Louis Joseph⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |