SORTIE REPORT #4739
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑07‑08 154 460 Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Renescure, France
Weather Hides Primary Target: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided all three group formations of the 41st A Combat Bombardment Wing. Weather concealed the primary target, and with limited visibility of the ground, the lead group was unable to find an authorized target of opportunity to attack: the high and low groups independently dropped their bombs on a Luftwaffe airfield just north of Poix.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: High group.
TOO (Visual)
Target: Poix Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Poix-de-Picardie, France
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 42‑102500 ⇗ 546th BK*L not known Flynn, Roland (NMI)
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Pranger, Nicholas Vincent⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Vaden, Kenneth Underwood⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Cheresnik, Edward John⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Wolf, Charles Elmer, Jr⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Neyer, Ralph Richard⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Brooker, Cameron Hutchison⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Browne, Erle Royden⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Price, William Robert⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Cain, John Bruce⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
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