SORTIE REPORT #5471
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑08‑04 172 516 Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Crepieul, France
Weather Stymies Strike: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew a second mission in the afternoon today. This mission was intended to strike another NOBALL target in France, but weather at the target area - a towering thunderstorm - prevented sighting of the assigned target. All bombs were returned to base, except for two aircraft carrying long-delay fuse bombs, which were jettisoned in the channel.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: Low section deputy.
No Target Attacked
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 42‑38014 ⇗ 546th BK*G LITTLE AMERICA II Foster, Ewing H
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Peck, Harland Kenneth⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Causa, Raymond (NMI)⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Singer, William Andrew⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Brenner, John Thomas⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Algase, Max Louis⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Hunter, George Filmore⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Chapmon, William Theodore⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Rancatore, Frank James⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Knowles, Ralph Sheridan, Jr⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
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