SORTIE REPORT #542
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 GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17F 42‑3459 ⇗ 546th BK*F JOLLY ROGER Jacobs, Gilbert Oren
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Higdon, Philip Earl⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Boyce, Ernest Marshall, Jr⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Begab, Meyer (NMI)⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Johnston, Lawrence Edwin⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Bollinger, Ardell Henry⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Jett, James Loveless⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Kalas, Joseph Markus⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Humphrey, Edward James⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Parks, Howard David⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Kelly, Leonard Joseph⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
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