SORTIE REPORT #207
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 Primary (Visual)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17F 42‑3230 ⇗ 545th JD*U YANKEE POWERHOUSE II
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Hall, Ralph Jackson⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot House, Rodney Wayne⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Henley, R O (IO), Jr⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Dillon, Warren Blodgett⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Davis, Smith James⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Cocklin, Homer J⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Valcour, Albert Roland⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner McNeal, Paul Ernest⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Parrish, James Stanley⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Smiley, Reamond Cook⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
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