SORTIE REPORT #3899
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑06‑12 133 407 Target: Railroad Bridge 48°29'N,2°0'W
Type: Transportation
Location: La Vicomté-sur-Rance, France
A Different Bridge Destroyed: The 384th supplied all three groups of the 41st C Wing, with Col Robert E Travis aboard the Wing Lead aircraft as Air Commander. Clouds obscured the primary target, so the wing attacked a target of opportunity (TOO). Strike photos reveal that the wing bombed a highway bridge across the River Rance, just west of La Ville-ès-Nonais. Target locations taken from Google Maps, with reference to strike photo in mission folder.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission TOO (Visual)
Target: Highway Bridge at 48°32'N,1°58'W
Type: Transportation
Location: La Ville-ès-Nonais, France
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑102430 545th JD*O SPAM-O-LINER
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Van Every, Russell Meredith 545 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Morris, Gordon (NMI) 545 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Nelson, Dale Dunlop 545 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Phillips, Carlton Vernon 545 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Williamson, Albert (NMI) 545 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Darling, Gale Lewis 545 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret D'Apice, Elmer Louie 545 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Doohan, Hugh Anthony 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner D'Amico, Mario Gabriel 545 Completed, Uninjured
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