SORTIE REPORT #541
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1943‑09‑07 22 92 Target: Bruxelles-Evere Airfield/Repair Depot
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Brussels / Bruxelles, Belgium
384th Leads Composite Group: The 384th Bomb Group provided the lead and low squadrons of a composite group (high squadron provided by 303rd BG). Conditions at the primary target permitted a visual attack, and good results were reported.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission Primary (Visual)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17F 42‑3441 ⇗ 547th SO*E PATCHES II / SPOTTED COW
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Ogilvie, Donald Potter⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Kilmer, Robert Bruce, Jr⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Barkley, John William, Jr⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Wilson, William Hollis⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Murray, James Raymond⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Hood, Emmett Alexander⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Turner, John Harvey⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Sylvia, Francis Robert⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Sword, Walter Howard⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Martin, William Enoch⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Observer Hamilton, Herbert Horace⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
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