SORTIE REPORT #568
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1943‑09‑16 24 97 Target: Blockade Runner Ship (in Loire River)
Type: Transportation
Location: Nantes, France
Ship Gone; Port Facilities Attacked: The 384th Bomb Group flew as the Low Group of the leading Wing of Air Task Force 1 on today's Mission. Primary target was a supply ship for submarines. The ship was not found in the briefed area, so the Group attacked the secondary target, port facilities and shipping, with good results.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission Secondary (Visual)
Target: Harbor Facilities
Type: Transportation
Location: Nantes, France
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17F 42‑30005 ⇗ 546th BK*A SALVAGE QUEEN Schuyler, Charles Robert
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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