SORTIE REPORT #3909
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 GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 42‑102933 546th BK*Q QUEENIE Slotwinski, Ted F
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Stills, James Vernon 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Cole, Howard Woodrow 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Brown, Sherwood Gilbert 546 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Long, Thomas Nelson 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Ellis, Edwin Robert 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret McKeon, Francis Peter 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Hart, George Thurman 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Hartranft, Landis Grant 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Artessa, Carmen Alex 546 Completed, Uninjured
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