SORTIE REPORT #3171
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑05‑15 108 356 Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Mimoyecques, France
No Bombing Today: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the high group of the 41st Combat Bombardment Wing on today's mission. Problems with the Gee-H system prevented accurate targeting while making two Gee-H runs, so bombs were returned to base.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: High Squadron lead.
No Target Attacked
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑107221 ⇗ 544th SU*J not known
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Johnson, William T⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Koehne, George Henry, Jr⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Schmidtke, George Emory⇗ 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 Hachmann, Vincent Carl⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Crippen, Creig B⇗ 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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