SORTIE REPORT #3239
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)
No Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed N/A
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑97521 ⇗ 545th JD*H THE SAINT
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Cranstoun, Richard Leroy⇗ 545 Spare, Returned
Co-pilot Cadwallader, Donald James⇗ 545 Spare, Returned
Navigator Carvelli, Daniel D⇗ 545 Spare, Returned
Togglier Linder, Robert Edward⇗ 545 Spare, Returned
Radio Operator Hubner, James William⇗ 545 Spare, Returned
Engineer/Top Turret Chambers, James Melvin⇗ 545 Spare, Returned
Ball Turret Rust, Nathan Devine⇗ 545 Spare, Returned
Tail Gunner Meyers, Stanley (NMI)⇗ 545 Spare, Returned
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Wislander, Arthur William⇗ 545 Spare, Returned
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