| 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) |
| No | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | N/A |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17F | 42‑5720 ⇗ | 544th | SU*A | SLIGHTLY DANGEROUS |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Aufmuth, Lester Herbert⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
| Co-pilot | McMath, James Gordon⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
| Navigator | Downe, Charles Owen⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
| Bombardier | Jensen, James Chris, Jr⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
| Radio Operator | Weatherford, Louie Frank⇗ | 545 | Aborted |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Price, Robert Kyle⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
| Ball Turret | Wagner, James Loren⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
| Tail Gunner | Bachmann, Carl Edward⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Fisher, Charles Alfred⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Smith, Joseph Hughes⇗ | 544 | Aborted |