SORTIE REPORT #3655
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
Comments: Low Group; did not bomb target due to incorrectly set up intervalometer.
Primary (Visual)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑97201 547th SO*J JAMAICA MARY
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Roth, Verle Leroy 547 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Lynch, Edward Thomas 547 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Calisto, James Henry 547 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Black, Robert Curnow 547 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Kunkel, Carl Arlan 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Taylor, Edwin Johnston 547 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Weisl, Kenneth (NMI) 547 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Filippi, Walter James 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Vori, John (NMI), Jr 547 Completed, Uninjured
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