SORTIE REPORT #3597
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
B-17G 42‑97204 547th SO*K SKYLARK
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Pring, Robert Bradford 547 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Griggs, Frederick Monroe 547 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Cohen, Joseph Meyer 547 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Wills, Charles Howard 547 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Gore, Oscar Nathan 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Coleman, Robert Loftin 547 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Bretz, Edward Richard 547 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Kennedy, John Charles 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Bennett, Fred Huram 547 Completed, Uninjured
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