MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1943‑06‑28 | 4 | 69 | Target: Fighter Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Beaumont-le-Roger, France |
Luftwaffe Airfield Attacked: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the Lead Group of the 103rd Combat Wing on today's mission. While climbing in formation through clouds, one Squadron joined another group, and completed the mission with them. Good visual bombing conditions existed at the primary target, and good bombing resulted. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
No |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off. Comments: Turned back with #1 oil cooler leaking; top turret and ball turret problems. |
N/A |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
B-17F | 42‑29960 ⇗ | 544th | SU*J | NYMOKYMI |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Erickson, Gordon Bennett⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
Co-pilot | Dartt, Clifford Charles⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
Navigator | Hackley, Francis Mercer⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
Bombardier | Irvine, Donald Wesley⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
Radio Operator | Welch, Paul Gerald⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
Engineer/Top Turret | Penly, Robert Horace⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
Ball Turret | Reandeau, Lawrence Joseph⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
Tail Gunner | Mankowitz, Charles (NMI)⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Wingerter, Frank Jacob⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Coburn, James P⇗ | 544 | Aborted |