SORTIE REPORT #3577
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑06‑02 122 384 Target: Gun Battery with six 155mm guns, Tactical Support
Type: Military
Location: Hardelot (5 miles S of Boulogne), France
Pre-Invasion Tactical Targets: Colonel Dale O Smith led the 384th Bombardment Group (H) as Group #1 of the 41st Combat Bombardment Wing on today's mission. The Groups of the Wing followed at 3 minute intervals, rather than the normal stacked Wing formation. The assigned target was attacked through solid cloud layers using PFF, with unobserved results.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission Primary (PFF)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 42‑102500 546th BK*L not known Flynn, Roland (NMI)
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Gowder, Charles Fred 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Thompson, Willard H 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Boreiko, John Vincent 546 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Hosmer, Richard Clyde 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Barnes, Francis Eugene 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Beaugh, George (NMI) 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Gardner, Vernon Dale 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Connors, Albert William 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Leber, Richard Edward 546 Completed, Uninjured
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