SORTIE REPORT #576
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
B-17F 42‑3440 ⇗ 544th SU*B BROADWAY ROSE
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Sprague, Alfred Lee⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Doman, Albert Hugh⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Baldwin, Pendleton Gaines⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Pierce, Kermit Aubrey⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Anderson, Clarence Denton⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Marshall, Dean William⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Stearman, Charles Lee Verne⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Aune, Rudolph (NMI)⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Redding, George Thomas⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Abramowitz, Abraham Bernhard⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
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