SORTIE REPORT #3173
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: Low Squadron lead.
No Target Attacked
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑97263 ⇗ 547th SO*D LADY MARGARET
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Brown, Donald Harold⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Pring, Robert Bradford⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Potts, Russell Malcom⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Thevenet, Charles James, Jr⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Jones, Raymond Brown⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Coleman, Robert Loftin⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Bretz, Edward Richard⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Kennedy, John Charles⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Bennett, Fred Huram⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Wills, Charles Howard⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
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