MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1944‑07‑08 | 154 | 460 | Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Renescure, France |
Weather Hides Primary Target: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided all three group formations of the 41st A Combat Bombardment Wing. Weather concealed the primary target, and with limited visibility of the ground, the lead group was unable to find an authorized target of opportunity to attack: the high and low groups independently dropped their bombs on a Luftwaffe airfield just north of Poix. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
Yes |
Spare, Completed Mission Comments: High group flying spare; joined formation. |
TOO (Visual) Target: Poix Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Poix-de-Picardie, France |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | |||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
B-17G | 42‑97142 ⇗ | 546th | BK*N | THOR, GOD OF THUNDER | Francis, Percy Tom |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Jennings, William Cornelius⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Hayes, Edgar Jerome, Jr⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Siewers, Richard Joseph, Jr⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Bombardier | Burns, Robert Henry⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Golas, Matthew Walter⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Summers, Leonard Eugene⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | James, Edward Oscar, Jr⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Poore, Eugene Francis⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Okert, Fred Harry, Jr⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |