SORTIE REPORT #3238
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 Lead.
Primary (Visual)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑97309 ⇗ 545th JD*C KATHLEEN LADY OF VICTORY
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Peterson, Harold William⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Bagby, Donald Woods⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Scheer, Irving⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier McDonald, Thomas Harry⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Campbell, Edgar Lafell⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Haggai, Melvin Edward⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Dehabey, Philip Elias⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Maddox, Richard Neil⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Belczyk, Walter Adam⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Observer White, William McKean, Jr⇗ GpHQ Completed, Uninjured
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