SORTIE REPORT #209
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: Low Squadron lead.
Primary (Visual)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17F 42‑5848 ⇗ 547th SO*R PATCHES
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Ogilvie, Donald Potter⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Kilmer, Robert Bruce, Jr⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Barkley, John William, Jr⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Wilson, William Hollis⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Murray, James Raymond⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Hood, Emmett Alexander⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret McKeon, James William⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Saunders, Paul Ralph⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Ratkiewicz, Louis Lawrence⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Martin, William Enoch⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
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