MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1944‑01‑14 | 53 | 183 | Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Le Meillard, France |
V-Weapons Site Bombed: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the lead and low squadrons of the 41st Combat Wing on today's mission. Two bomb runs were made in CAVU conditions. The lead squadron's bombing was judged 'fair to good' and the low squadron's was 'poor ... far short of target.' |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
No |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off. Comments: Turned back over field with runaway #2 prop, #3 magneto out, and reception on command radio transmission was very faint. |
N/A |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | |||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
B-17F | 42‑30026 ⇗ | 546th | BK*J | BATTLEWAGON | Flynn, Roland (NMI) |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Carpenter, Walter Richard⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
Co-pilot | Sharff, Sampson (NMI)⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
Navigator | Hedin, Carl Anton⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
Bombardier | Austin, Raymond Lee, Jr⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
Radio Operator | Fallesen, Wayne Peter⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
Engineer/Top Turret | McCracken, Dwight Howard⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
Ball Turret | O'Leary, Edward Joseph⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
Tail Gunner | Leibring, Clarence Paul⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Zyglowicz, Bernard Frank⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Girard, Donald Robert⇗ | 544 | Aborted |