SORTIE REPORT #4748
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: Wing deputy.
No Target Attacked
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 44‑6080 ⇗ 547th SO*L not known
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Hale, Charles Eugene⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Grant, Walter Edward⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Swisher, Glenn Everett⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Pederson, Floyd Roy⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Richardson, William Earl⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Burlingame, James Wyatt⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Greene, Henry Tyler, Jr⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Asher, John Calvin⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Baird, James Joseph⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Menchaca, Jose Ricardo⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
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