SORTIE REPORT #569
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
Comments: Landed away at RAF Colerne, Wiltshire.
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 42‑30026 ⇗ 546th BK*J BATTLEWAGON Flynn, Roland (NMI)
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Algar, Philip Morris⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Calnon, Mark Brooks⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Celentano, Frank A⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Thompson, James Westerfield⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Gerow, Francis (NMI)⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Laviolette, Roland Bernard⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret McKay, Kenneth Mitchel, Jr⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Majewski, Casmer Robert⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Yeater, James Thomas⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Schimenek, John Francis⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
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