SORTIE REPORT #3582
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 42‑102620 546th BK*P DE RUMBLE IZER Clayton, Alfred George
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Sullivan, James Dominic 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Froebel, Ronald Holcomb 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Kavalkovich, William Michael 546 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Stitzel, Charles Edward 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Stanley, Rex Elmo 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Fox, John Short, Jr 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Price, Harold Omas 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Mock, Melvin Bert 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Norton, Howard Glen 546 Completed, Uninjured
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