SORTIE REPORT #4646
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 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
B-17G 44‑6105 ⇗ 547th SO*P SLEEPY LAGOON
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Sweeney, Ned Hardy⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Bennett, John R⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Culligan, Clarence Sylvester⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Watkins, Bob Gene⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Merritt, Roy David⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Errett, Kennedy Craig⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Mosher, William Martin⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Gibbon, Robert William⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Marzola, John Anthony⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Johansen, Egon (NMI)⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
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