SORTIE REPORT #4090
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: Low Group Lead.
Primary (Gee-H)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑102449 ⇗ 547th SO*R HALE'S ANGELS
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Commander Bennett, Phillip Nathan, Jr⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Pilot Brown, Donald Harold⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Welsbacher, Robert Henry⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Jacobson, George John⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Pederson, Floyd Roy⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator House, Harland Francis⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Swift, Kenneth Gilbert⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Griffin, Daniel (NMI)⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Keller, Arthur Alexander⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Zanetti, James John⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Nelson, Marion A⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
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