SORTIE REPORT #4089
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑06‑16 137 416 Target: Athies Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Laon, France
Enemy Airfield Damaged: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) formed the entire 41st C Combat Bombardment Wing, the third of three Wings of Air Task Force #1, for today's mission. Bomb pattern centered on the main runway. [Note: Athies-sous-Laon is east of Laon, and the airfield, northeast of Athies, can still be clearly seen on Google Maps.]
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: Lead Group, Low Squadron Lead.
Primary (Gee-H)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑102442 ⇗ 545th JD*J SWISS MISS
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Peterson, Harold William⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Miller, Frederick Christian⇗ 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
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