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) |
Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: 41A Group. |
Primary (Visual) |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
B-17F | 42‑29809 ⇗ | 545th | JD*V | QUEEN JEANIE / DAMN YANKEE II |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Commander | Langlois, Robert Ezra⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Pilot | Bedsole, Joseph Linyer, Jr⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Groh, Harold Chester⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Bombardier | Wismann, William Charles⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Woodall, Arthur James, Jr⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Maruszak, Karol Leonard⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Hotis, Leo Constantine⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | McMichael, Marion Louis⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Mazewski, Michael Henry, Jr⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Ward, Clarence Howard⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |