SORTIE REPORT #549
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 42‑29935 ⇗ 545th BK*K THE CAT'S SASS / PULMADIQUE Hunter, Jack Walter
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Harry, William Russell⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Rice, Ivan Luther⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Black, David Hall⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Mannka, Charles Pershing⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Simpson, Edward Francis⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Wheeler, Tom Brooks⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret McKenna, John Conat⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Parent, Leroy (NMI)⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Markus, Julius Martin⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Iverson, Bennie Franklin⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
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