SORTIE REPORT #3241
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: Returned bombs because togglier did not have sufficient instruction in releasing bombs.
Primary (Visual)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑37792 ⇗ 545th JD*B ELEANOR MAUREEN / BERMONDSEY
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Adams, William Lowell⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot McGee, Leonard Vincent⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Francis, Allen Warren⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Phillips, Carlton Vernon⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Rockdaschel, Robert Charles⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Vickers, Charles Dunnington⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Sutherland, Robert Kenneth⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Sandoval, Andres (NMI)⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Wyatt, Kenneth Ainley⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
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