| MISSION DATA: | |||
| DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
| 1944‑06‑22 | 144 | 432 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Lille (Fives district), France |
| Transportation Attacked: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) led the 41st B Combat Bombardment Wing, and also provided the low group, on this afternoon's mission, the second of the day. The target was a marshalling yard east of Lille in the Fives district. Scattered low clouds challenged the bombardiers' skills, but bombs were dropped with good sighting by the use of visible reference points. | |||
| SORTIE DATA: | ||
| COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
| Yes | Completed Mission | Primary (Visual) |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | |||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
| B-17G | 42‑97948 ⇗ | 546th | BK*U | HELL ON WINGS | Kraus, Alvin C |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Stills, James Vernon⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Co-pilot | Smigelsky, Horace Joseph⇗ | 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 |