SORTIE REPORT #3910
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 42‑102959 544th SU*D not known
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Halasz, John Julius 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Teehan, John Francis 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Schmitzer, William James 544 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Ormsby, Roger Stanley 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator McGill, Thomas Francis, Jr 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Berg, Clifford George 544 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Moore, Lindsay Dow 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Monteith, Richard Taylor 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Pang, Sun Wah 544 Completed, Uninjured
Sortie Report 3910 provided by 384thBombGroup.com
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