| 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 Comments: Low Group, High Squadron Deputy. |
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 | 42‑37758 ⇗ | 545th | JD*W | KENTUCKY KERNEL |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Bagby, Donald Woods⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Co-pilot | Olson, Norman (NMI)⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Davis, Gerald Paul⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Togglier | Niemann, Carl (NMI)⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Radio Operator | Day, Dean Willy⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Huff, Jack Dyer⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Ball Turret | Pawlowski, Raymond (NMI)⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Tail Gunner | O'Neal, Cecil Cash⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Allison, Arthur Ellsworth⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |