SORTIE REPORT #2786
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑04‑27 97 323.1 Target: Toul/Croix de Metz Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Nancy, France
Airfield Targeted: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) led the 41st Combat Bombardment Wing on the second of two missions today. Hazy conditions at the target did not hinder 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 GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 42‑107083 ⇗ 546th BK*B not known Jacobs, Gilbert Oren
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Johnson, William T⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Koos, Leonard Frank⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Brown, James Jefferson⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Hertel, Wallace Howard⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Frazier, Ernest Leo⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Faux, Roy Sherman⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Houston, Samuel Vance⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Potempa, Walter (NMI)⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Harrington, Joseph Francis⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Breen, John Francis, Jr⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
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