SORTIE REPORT #5400
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑08‑03 170 513 Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Fleury, Flers, Fiefs, France
V-Weapons Targeted: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew three group formations - identified as H, I, and J Groups, the last three of ten groups comprising Air Task Force #1 - on today's mission to attack widely scattered V-1 launch sites. Note that the groups of this ATF flew in trail, not in combat wing formations. Although the J Group was unable to bomb its target (Fiefs) due to weather, the H and I Groups hit their assigned targets at Fleury and Flers, respectively.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: I Group.
Group Primary (Visual)
Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Flers, France
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 44‑6105 ⇗ 547th SO*P SLEEPY LAGOON
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Skehan, Joseph Lynne⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Heubner, Emil Junior⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Hannaford, Gordon Coyle⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Cameron, William Roy, Jr⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Dufur, William Sargent⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Klien, William Martin⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Adameit, Robert Carl⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Knight, Amon Lamar⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Mess, Richard Carl⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Stanek, Robert Brice⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
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