SORTIE REPORT #582
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: Low Squadron lead.
Secondary (Visual)
Target: Harbor Facilities
Type: Transportation
Location: Nantes, France
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17F 42‑5838 ⇗ 547th SO*P MAD MONEY II
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Frink, Horace Everett⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Fields, Leon (NMI)⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Hegstad, Lester Olaf⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Savage, Clyde Henry⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Griffith, Roy Wesley⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Ralston, William Clark⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Shelton, William Abner, Jr⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Retherford, Archie (NMI), Jr⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner McNutt, Julius Frederick⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Barto, Louis Joseph⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
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