SORTIE REPORT #3232
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑05‑20 110 359 Target: Orly Airport
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Paris, France
Luftwaffe Attacked: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the high group of the 41st Combat Bombardment Wing on today's mission. CAVU conditions permitted visual bombing, and the aiming point - the middle of a large hangar - was obliterated.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: Low Squadron Deputy. Returned bombs to base because bomb bay doors would not open.
Primary (Visual)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑102518 ⇗ 545th JD*K DAMN YANKEE
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Dean, Ralph Merrick, Jr⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Swan, John Loyal⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Turner, Ralph Franklin, Jr⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Kell, Howard Wilbur⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Wasserman, Joseph Jacob⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Oehlkers, Walter (NMI)⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Davis, Lionel Gordon⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Wiley, Roger Carroll⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Wagner, Robert Wiliam⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Observer White, Roy Thomas⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
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