SORTIE REPORT #4126
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: High Group, High Squadron Lead.
Primary (Visual)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 43‑37713 ⇗ 546th BK*S GREWSOME CREWSOME Jones, Robert A
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Sullivan, James Dominic⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Smigelsky, Horace Joseph⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Kavalkovich, William Michael⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Eide, Richard Douglas⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Stanley, Rex Elmo⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Fox, John Short, Jr⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Price, Harold Omas⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Stitzel, Charles Edward⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Norton, Howard Glen⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
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