| 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) |
| No |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off. Comments: Turned back; unable to locate formation after passing through cloud layer. |
N/A |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17F | 42‑3429 ⇗ | 544th | SU*F | FLAK HOUSE |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Estes, Thomas Jefferson⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
| Co-pilot | Robinson, Robert Lawrence⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
| Navigator | DuBois, John Jay⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
| Togglier | McDuff, Robert William⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
| Radio Operator | Wagner, Fred S⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Cochran, David Leon⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
| Ball Turret | Ursta, George (NMI)⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
| Tail Gunner | McDuffie, Burton Curtis⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Van Riper, Charles (NMI), Jr⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Self, James Melvin, Jr⇗ | 544 | Aborted |