SORTIE REPORT #461
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1943‑08‑31 19 88 Target: Fighter Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Romilly-sur-Seine, France
Target Hidden, Bombs Held: The 384th Bombardment Group had eighteen (18) aircraft airborne as scheduled; take-off time being 1544 o'clock, a delay in take-off resulted as the leader's airplane blew a tail wheel tire in taxiing to take-off position. This group climbed through the overcast and arrived at the rendezvous point on time where it was joined by the other groups. Due to complete cloud coverage [at the primary target], a turn was made to pick out a target of opportunity, unable to do so, this group returned to the home base with their bombs.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission No Target Attacked
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17F 42‑30005 ⇗ 546th BK*A SALVAGE QUEEN Schuyler, Charles Robert
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Ogilvie, Donald Potter⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Kilmer, Robert Bruce, Jr⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Grimaldi, Anthony Joseph⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Wilson, William Hollis⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Murray, James Raymond⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Hood, Emmett Alexander⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret McKeon, James William⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Ratkiewicz, Louis Lawrence⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Sylvia, Francis Robert⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Martin, William Enoch⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
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