| 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 | No Target Attacked |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17F | 42‑29828 ⇗ | 545th | JD*Q | T.S. |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Gilmore, William Featherston⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Co-pilot | Ashcraft, Archie Bertis, Jr⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Oppenheimer, Kenneth Harold⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Bombardier | Hern, Wallace Currie⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Radio Operator | Jennings, Romulus Call, Jr⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Sopher, Francis Walton⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Ball Turret | Milstead, Willard Cleo⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Tail Gunner | Lindsey, William Howard⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Oien, Clarence Holger⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Fields, James Richard⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |