SORTIE REPORT #3638
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 GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 42‑102500 546th BK*L not known Flynn, Roland (NMI)
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Rosborough, James Edward 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Lippert, John Joseph 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Blackburn, Rexford Maynard 546 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Fletcher, John Joseph 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Ford, Howard Emerson 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Bedsted, Lee Roy 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Gerhold, Melvin Henry 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Raines, Louis Edward 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Brecht, Victor Douglas 546 Completed, Uninjured
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