SORTIE REPORT #4603
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑07‑04 150 451 Target: Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Dreux (Conches-en-Ouche), France
Airfield Attacked: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) led the 41st A Combat Bombardment Wing, and also supplied the wing's high group on today's mission. The primary target, an airfield immediately south of Conches-en-Ouche, France (15 miles NW of Dreux), was bombed using Gee-H aiming.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Spare, Completed Mission
Comments: Lead group flying spare; joined formation. Due to a mechanical failure in the bomb bay, could not release bombs.
Primary (Gee-H)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑102430 ⇗ 545th JD*O SPAM-O-LINER
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Pluhar, Emil Edward⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Switzer, Ralph Vincent⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Machiz, Irving (NMI)⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Gogarty, Thomas Patrick⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Harbrecht, Robert Francis⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Perry, Gilbert Franklin⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Clary, Leonard Estus⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Frederickson, Ralph Louis⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Amspacher, Ray Richard⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
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