SORTIE REPORT #3962
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑06‑13 134 409 Target: Dreux Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Dreux, France
Airfield Attacked: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew three groups to form the 41st A Combat Bombardment Wing, leading three Combat Wings on today's mission. The weather in the target area was CAVU and the primary target, an enemy airfield, was clearly visible. A visual bomb run was made, with good results. Colonel Smith led the mission, and recommended that for such targets, greater effectiveness could be achieved by assigning each group a different aiming point, and to slow down the release of the bombs slightly to spread the damage over a greater area.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: High Group, Low Squadron Lead. Landed away at Polebrook, AAF Station 110, on return, due to bad weather.
Primary (Visual)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 44‑6128 547th SO*O not known
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Wright, James Wiley 547 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Carter, Jack Nifong 547 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Stakes, Albert Garrison 547 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Hendrix, Alfred Franklin 547 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Johnson, Eugene Allen 545 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Waller, Guy Ford 547 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Clements, Huel Richard 547 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Cummings, Julian Cowden 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Jablonski, Raymond Joseph 547 Completed, Uninjured
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