MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1944‑05‑01 | 99 | 332 | Target: Launch Site in Foret Nationale de Tournehem Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Foret Nationale de Tournehem, France |
Last Resort Target Bombed: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) led the 41st Combat Wing on today's mission. Clouds solidly covered the primary target, so the mission commander led the wing in an attack on an airfield in the Amiens/Poix area of France. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
No |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off. Comments: High Squadron Deputy. Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑31435, after landing. Took off again but turned back near mid-channel at 0930 hrs because he could not locate formation. |
N/A |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | |||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
B-17G | 42‑37776 ⇗ | 546th | BK*R | LADY DREW | Coon, Lawrence John |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Hall, Barney Marcus, Jr⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
Co-pilot | Rimbold, Arthur Arimese⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
Navigator | Rubenstein, Joseph (NMI)⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
Bombardier | Fitzgerald, James Edward⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
Radio Operator | Grieves, Bobby Vernon⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
Engineer/Top Turret | Floyd, Thomas Samuel⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
Ball Turret | Moore, Lindsay Dow⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
Tail Gunner | Huggins, Kenneth B⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Reams, Russell Don⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Brock, Henry Reuben⇗ | 544 | Aborted |