SORTIE REPORT #513
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1943‑09‑03 20 90 Target: Air Park and Aerodrome
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Romilly-sur-Seine, France
Weather Forces Change: Clouds obscured the primary target and prevented bombing: formation bombed secondary.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Failed To Return: Ditched
Comments: Shot down by enemy aircraft; ditched in Channel; MACR 743.
Secondary (Visual)
Target: Fighter Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: St. Andre-de-L'Eure, France
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17F 42‑29914 ⇗ 546th BK*H not known Konzem, Hubert Philip
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Jones, Justin Ralph⇗ 546 POW
Co-pilot McManus, Edward Joseph⇗ 546 POW
Navigator Peters, Harold Dan⇗ 546 POW
Bombardier Wolfrom, Charles John⇗ 546 POW
Radio Operator Reilly, John Vincent⇗ 546 POW
Engineer/Top Turret Shemanski, Aloysius Bruno⇗ 546 POW
Ball Turret Kuhl, Ernest Earl⇗ 546 POW/Wounded
Tail Gunner Leith, Francis (NMI)⇗ 546 POW
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Smith, Linsfield Burks⇗ 546 POW/Wounded
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Hitzeroth, Franklin Carl⇗ 546 POW
SORTIE-RELATED DOCUMENTS:
TYPE IDENTIFICATION
MACRMissing Air Crew Report # 743⇗
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