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: S/Sgt James R. Fields awarded Silver Star (see 'As Briefed...', page 198). Landed away at RAF High Ercall, Shropshire. |
Secondary (Visual) Target: Harbor Facilities Type: Transportation Location: Nantes, France |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
B-17F | 42‑29828 ⇗ | 545th | JD*Q | T.S. |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Ashcraft, Archie Bertis, Jr⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Riggins, George Clifton⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Oppenheimer, Kenneth Harold⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Bombardier | Hern, Wallace Currie⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Jennings, Romulus Call, Jr⇗ | 545 | Wounded |
Engineer/Top Turret | Sopher, Francis Walton⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Milstead, Willard Cleo⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Lindsey, William Howard⇗ | 545 | Wounded |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Oien, Clarence Holger⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Fields, James Richard⇗ | 545 | Wounded |