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 Comments: High Squadron Lead. |
Primary (PFF) |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
B-17G | 42‑97072 ⇗ | 547th | SO*H | GREEN MOUNTAIN GAL |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Thoma, Edward Paul⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Haning, John Milton⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Umstattd, James McNutt⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Bombardier | Rarick, Harold Linwood⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Zinninger, William Maynard⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Ticknor, Edward Charles⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Connolly, William Edward, Jr⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | McDonald, Edward William⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Wilson, John Franklin⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |