SORTIE REPORT #578
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 41‑24557 ⇗ 545th JD*O DAMN YANKEE
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Sundlun, Bruce George⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Zitnik, Charles Allen⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Jylkka, Reino Oswal⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier McGovern, Vincent James⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Cappelletti, Mike Joseph⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Ramsey, William Marion⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Curtis, William Stanley⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Lekas, Frank (NMI)⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Hayes, George Clayborne⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Snyder, Charles Leslie⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
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