SORTIE REPORT #3636
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑06‑04 125 389 Target: Artillery Battery
Type: Military
Location: Hardelot (Boulogne area), France
Tactical Targets Again: The 41st Combat Bombardment Wing contributed three two-group wings for today's mission. The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the 41B Wing, in the Wing's Lead and Low Group positions. The Eighth Air Force continued the pressure on enemy ground forces ahead of the invasion with this attack on prepared artillery emplacements.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission Primary (Visual)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑102442 545th JD*J SWISS MISS
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Cranstoun, Richard Leroy 545 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Cadwallader, Donald James 545 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Carvelli, Daniel D 545 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Linder, Robert Edward 545 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Hubner, James William 545 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Chambers, James Melvin 545 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Rust, Nathan Devine 545 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Meyers, Stanley (NMI) 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Wislander, Arthur William 545 Completed, Uninjured
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