SORTIE REPORT #4774
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 Spare, Completed Mission
Comments: Low group flying spare; joined formation.
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
B-17G 42‑37974 ⇗ 544th SU*M SECTION 8
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Murchan, Lawrence Aloysius⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Shwery, Arthur John⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Simons, Harry (NMI)⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Snyder, Henry Franklin⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Gore, Oscar Nathan⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Grindell, Robert Dennis⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Adams, George Alvan⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Nielsen, Erling (NMI)⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Tallmon, Raymond Dale⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
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