SORTIE REPORT #554
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1943‑09‑09 23 94 Target: Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Lille-Vendeville, France
Enemy Airfield Devastated: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) contributed 16 aircraft to today's mission, an attack on important airfields located about 60 miles southeast of Calais, France. After making a 360° turn near the Initial Point to clear another group, a visual bomb run was accomplished on the secondary target, with good results.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission Secondary (Visual)
Target: Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Vitry-en-Artois, France
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17F 42‑3218 ⇗ 545th JD*R DORIS MAE
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Armstrong, Lloyd Rowland⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Van der Haeghen, Joseph Albert⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Wilson, Eugene Theodore⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Kinney, William Brownie⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Carroll, George Henry⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Estes, Lloyd Stack⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Thurman, Fillman Clifton⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Grimes, Robert Albert⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Renfro, Alvin Everette⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Mason, Jack Leslie (#2)⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
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