SORTIE REPORT #2807
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
Comments: Wing deputy.
Primary (Visual)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑97573 ⇗ 545th JD*Q not known
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Laboda, Joseph Stanley⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Jones, William Arch, Jr⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator McKittrick, Vernon Russell⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Fornear, Thomas Southern⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Flynn, James Edward⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Hardtmann, Arnold John⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Smart, Samuel Hayes⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Nutt, Oliver Wayne⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Kalinsky, Morris (NMI)⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Kerr, Robert Eugene⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Sortie Report 2807 provided by 384thBombGroup.com
SortieEngine.php Rev. 3.3.2, 22 June 2022
Report generated: 11 October 2026, 1:53 PM (PDT)
Site design and content © 1999-2026 by Webmaster