SORTIE REPORT #11173
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1945‑04‑14 310 948 Target: Gun Battery
Type: Military
Location: Royan (Bordeaux), France
Primary Target Clobbered: Weather at target was clear with about 2/10ths scattered clouds. Lead squadron bombed on a second run; high and low squadrons bombed on their first runs, and returned to base without waiting for lead squadron.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission Primary (Visual)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 43‑38994 ⇗ 546th BK*Q DEVASTATING LADY Kraus, Alvin C
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Smith, Eliot Henry⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Seipold, Charles Frederick, Jr⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Henly, Harry Richard⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Witt, Charles Dean⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Hodge, Robert Merrill⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Birkholz, John Melvin⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret O'Brien, Joseph Walter⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Stanick, Paul Jacob⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
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