SORTIE REPORT #4656
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 42‑97072 ⇗ 544th SU*A GREEN MOUNTAIN GAL
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Murchan, Lawrence Aloysius⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Shwery, Arthur John⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Simons, Harry (NMI)⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Snyder, Henry Franklin⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Gore, Oscar Nathan⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Grindell, Robert Dennis⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Adams, George Alvan⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Nielsen, Erling (NMI)⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Tallmon, Raymond Dale⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
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