SORTIE REPORT #4367
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑06‑22 143 431 Target: V-2 Storage & Launch Site
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Wizernes, France
V-2 Underground Bunker: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the high group of the 41st Combat Bombardment Wing on the first of today's two missions. The target was a heavily reinforced underground facility for storage, servicing, and launching V-2 rocket weapons. Each aircraft carried two 2,000-pound bombs which were released on the target using Gee-H aiming.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Spare, Completed Mission
Comments: Flying spare; joined formation.
Primary (Gee-H)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑102566 ⇗ 545th JD*M NINA
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Heim, Gerard Anthony⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Olson, Norman (NMI)⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Pratt, Frederick Willis, Jr⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Phillips, Carlton Vernon⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Doran, Francis Patrick⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Morris, Edward John⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Brooker, Kenneth Seymour⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Bailey, Henry Godard⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Chernack, Abe (NMI)⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
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