SORTIE REPORT #3589
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 42‑107121 546th BK*J KENTUCKY COLONEL / HELENA II Stachon, John Joseph
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Ungerman, Kenneth Armistead 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Widner, Charles William 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Williams, Evan Letcher 546 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Stephens, Herbert Arthur 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Bailey, Robert Rex 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Schlising, Roger Evan 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Vallone, Frank Philip 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Price, William Robert 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Jacobs, Dallas Athel 546 Completed, Uninjured
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