MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1944‑01‑21 | 54 | 187 | Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Preuseville, France |
Weather Affects Bombing: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided two group formations of two squadrons each for today's mission: one flew as the Lead Group of the 41st A Combat Bombardment Wing (41A Group) and the other flew as the Low Group of the 41st B Combat Bombardment Wing (41B Group). The 384th was alerted for an operational mission just as they were about to take off for a practice mission. In the space of one and one-half hours, these 34 aircraft were reconfigured for combat, and dispatched to attack 'NOBALL' targets in France. The 41A Group of 18 aircraft, led by Major Alfred C Nuttall, attacked the Preuseville target on their fourth bomb run. The 41B Group of 16 aircraft, led by Major George W Harris, were unable to locate the assigned target in the Pommereval area due to cloud obscuration, despite making seven bomb runs, and returned their bomb loads to base. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
No |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off. Comments: 41B Group. Turned back over base as prop governor on #4 engine broke and had to be feathered. |
N/A |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
B-17F | 42‑29688 ⇗ | 547th | SO*S | KAYO |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Smith, Roger Clement⇗ | 547 | Aborted |
Co-pilot | Reid, Harvey William⇗ | 547 | Aborted |
Navigator | Mittendorf, Ehrhard (NMI), Jr⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
Togglier | Dudla, John Richard⇗ | 547 | Aborted |
Radio Operator | Kendall, Earl Frank⇗ | 547 | Aborted |
Engineer/Top Turret | Kaminski, Bruno (NMI)⇗ | 547 | Aborted |
Ball Turret | Danko, Charles Gabriel⇗ | 547 | Aborted |
Tail Gunner | Green, Jesse Britten⇗ | 547 | Aborted |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Hamilton, Gerald Thorwald⇗ | 547 | Aborted |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Boney, Chester Joseph⇗ | 547 | Aborted |