SORTIE REPORT #3939
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: High 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 42‑97941 545th JD*D MARION
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Keate, Richard Clifford 545 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Morton, Howard Raymond 545 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Gay, Harry Franklyn 545 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Kalinsky, Morris (NMI) 545 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Hubner, James William 545 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Wilson, Marvin Leo 545 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Kemak, Andrew Steven 545 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Cahill, William Lawrence, Jr 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Ruschival, Adam Charles 545 Completed, Uninjured
Sortie Report 3939 provided by 384thBombGroup.com
SortieEngine.php Rev. 3.3.2, 22 June 2022
Report generated: 28 March 2024, 7:21 AM (PDT)
Site design and content © 1999-2024 by Webmaster