| 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 Comments: Wing Lead for 41st Combat Bombardment Wing. Col. Peaslee and Capt. Martin-Vegue moved to this deputy lead aircraft, displacing co-pilot Lt Yelvington, after 42‑3441 blew a tailwheel while taxiing for takeoff. This move also displaced Major Cotterell (British Army observer) to 42‑30043. |
No Target Attacked |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17F | 42‑5852 ⇗ | 547th | SO*T | THE NATURAL |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Peaslee, Budd John⇗ | GpHQ | Completed, Uninjured |
| Co-pilot | Sprague, Alfred Lee⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Baldwin, Pendleton Gaines⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Martin-Vegue, James Raymond⇗ | GpHQ | Completed, Uninjured |
| Bombardier | Pierce, Kermit Aubrey⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Radio Operator | Anderson, Clarence Denton⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Marshall, Dean William⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Ball Turret | Stearman, Charles Lee Verne⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Tail Gunner | Aune, Rudolph (NMI)⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Abramowitz, Abraham Bernhard⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Redding, George Thomas⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |