SORTIE REPORT #206
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1943‑07‑24 9 75 Target: Aluminum & Magnesium Plants
Type: Industry
Location: Herøya, Norway
Aluminum Plants Attacked: The 384th Bombardment Group (H), led by Col. Budd Peaslee, flew its longest mission to date today - over seven hours - mostly over the North Sea to southern Norway. At the target, they found it somewhat obscured on the first bomb run, so went around for a second. Their effort was rewarded with good bombing.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: High Squadron deputy.
Primary (Visual)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17F 42‑3218 ⇗ 545th JD*R DORIS MAE
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Armstrong, Lloyd Rowland⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Van der Haeghen, Joseph Albert⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Wilson, Eugene Theodore⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Perkins, Newell Edward⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Carroll, George Henry⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Estes, Lloyd Stack⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Thurman, Fillman Clifton⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Renfro, Alvin Everette⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Grimes, Robert Albert⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Mason, Jack Leslie (#2)⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
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