SORTIE REPORT #4604
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 Completed Mission
Comments: High group lead. Gee-H ship.
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 Koehne, George Henry, Jr⇗ GpHQ Completed, Uninjured
Pilot Shelley, John Keith⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Burke, Thomas Henry⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Leverette, James Harold⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Lacroix, James Joseph⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Sapolin, Morton (NMI)⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Frisbee, Joseph Selvyn⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Saunders, Rufus Milton⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner McCartney, James Thomas, Jr⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Flannery, Wade Henderson⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Whittington, Dee W⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
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