SORTIE REPORT #1645
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑02‑05 59 210 Target: Bricy Aerodrome, Luftwaffe Training and Bomber Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Orleans, France
Luftwaffe Airfield Bombed: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) led the 41st Combat Wing on today's mission. Clear weather permitted visual bombing, with excellent results.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
No Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed N/A
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 42‑31222 ⇗ 546th BK*D LAZY DAISY Flynn, James Francis
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Decker, Charles Edgar⇗ 546 Spare, Returned
Co-pilot Maahs, Robert Edward⇗ 546 Spare, Returned
Navigator Trees, William Ernest⇗ 546 Spare, Returned
Bombardier Barber, Ruffin Frank⇗ 546 Spare, Returned
Radio Operator Blocksidge, Charles Russell⇗ 546 Spare, Returned
Engineer/Top Turret O'Cain, Billy Eklund⇗ 546 Spare, Returned
Ball Turret Reedy, Delbert Rudolph⇗ 546 Spare, Returned
Tail Gunner Smith, William Henry, Jr⇗ 546 Spare, Returned
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Rubinson, Harold David⇗ 546 Spare, Returned
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Bratko, John (NMI)⇗ 546 Spare, Returned
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