SORTIE REPORT #555
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
Comments: High Squadron Lead.
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 42‑3441 ⇗ 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 McKeon, James William⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Ratkiewicz, Louis Lawrence⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Sylvia, Francis Robert⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Martin, William Enoch⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
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