SORTIE REPORT #3766
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑06‑07 130 397 Target: Transportation Hub
Type: Military
Location: Condé-sur-Noireau, France
Bombers Cut Transport Routes: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided the Lead and Low Groups for the 41st B Combat Bombardment Wing on today's mission. Tactical support for the invasion was provided with an attack on transport routes through and around Caen. Bombs were dropped using Gee-H aiming.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission Primary (Gee-H)
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 Fitzgerald, Thomas Howard 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Bullitt, Edward James 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Dexter, Edwin MacLeod 546 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Eide, Richard Douglas 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Matthiesen, Carl Rolf 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Hichens, Ralph Henry 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Beckham, Charles Owen 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Heeg, Edgar Lee 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Pattillo, William James 546 Completed, Uninjured
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