SORTIE REPORT #4642
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑07‑06 152 456 Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Blanc Pignon Ferme, Cléty, France
Overcoming Weather Diffuculty: For today's second mission, thirteen aircraft of the 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as a group (but designated as the 41st Combat Wing). The target name given is 'BLANC/PIGNON/FERME', which was located within the commune of Cléty, France. Obscuration of the target and maneuvering difficulties led the group to make three bomb runs, finally dropping on a target of opportunity (TOO) two miles north of the primary target, which the bombardier believed was a V-1 launch site under construction.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: Group lead.
TOO (Visual)
Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Two miles north of Cléty, France
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 42‑102933 ⇗ 546th BK*Q QUEENIE Slotwinski, Ted Frank
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Commander Stallings, Gordon Kenneth⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Pilot Ungerman, Kenneth Armistead⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Giles, John Porter, Jr⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Williams, Evan Letcher⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Leahy, Leo Alton⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Bailey, Robert Rex⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Schlising, Roger Evan⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Vallone, Frank Philip⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Widner, Charles William⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Jacobs, Dallas Athel⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
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