SORTIE REPORT #11556
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑06‑06 129 395 Target: Highway Choke Point in City of Caen
Type: Transportation
Location: Caen, France
Weather Stymies Bombers: The third D-Day mission for the 384th Bombardment Group (H) sent a small group to attack a highway choke point behind the invasion beachhead as part of Air Task Force #4. Weather again had all targets socked in, and the 384th bombers, having no PFF-equipped aircraft, returned without attacking.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission No Target Attacked
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 42‑107058 546th BK*C WHITE ANGEL Jacobs, Gilbert Oren
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Ungerman, Kenneth Armistead 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Widner, Charles William 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Williams, Evan Letcher 546 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Hedrick, Melvin Leroy 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Bailey, Robert Rex 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Vidrine, Wayne Francis 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Costello, Kenneth Harold 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Pettit, Frank Michael 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Robinson, Beauregard James 546 Completed, Uninjured
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