SORTIE REPORT #4091
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, High Squadron Lead.
Primary (Gee-H)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 42‑102500 ⇗ 546th BK*L not known Flynn, Roland (NMI)
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Gowder, Charles Fred⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Thompson, Willard Hayes⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Blackburn, Rexford Maynard⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Williams, Garven Foster⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Barnes, Francis Eugene⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Beaugh, George (NMI)⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Gardner, Vernon Dale⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Williamson, James Edward⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Leber, Richard Edward⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
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