SORTIE REPORT #3706
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑06‑05 126 392 Target: Field Artillery Battery
Type: Military
Location: La Fosse, France
Two Targets Attacked: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided three 12-aircraft groups forming the 41st A Combat Bombardment Wing for today's mission. The 41A Wing led this 1st Air Division Air Task Force of six Wings. While the High and Low Groups bombed the primary on the first run, the Lead Group had trouble locating the target with enough accuracy to release its bombs. After a second unsuccessful run, the Lead Group attacked a target of opportunity (TOO) - another artillery battery - near Morsalines, France.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
No Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed N/A
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 42‑97510 546th BK*A SATAN'S PLAYMATE Schuyler, Charles Robert
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Carey, Gates Chapman 546 Spare, Returned
Co-pilot Bealer, John Levi 546 Spare, Returned
Navigator Blackburn, Rexford Maynard 546 Spare, Returned
Togglier Hedrick, Melvin Leroy 546 Spare, Returned
Radio Operator Jordan, Theodore Joseph, Jr 546 Spare, Returned
Engineer/Top Turret Vidrine, Wayne Francis 546 Spare, Returned
Ball Turret Costello, Kenneth Harold 546 Spare, Returned
Tail Gunner Pettit, Frank Michael 546 Spare, Returned
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Robinson, Beauregard James 546 Spare, Returned
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