| MISSION DATA: | |||
| DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
| 1943‑06‑29 | 5 | 70 | Target: duNord Aircraft Works, Villacoublay Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Paris, France |
| Target Hidden, Bombs Held: The 103rd Combat Wing led the 102nd CW in the Air Task Force for today's mission: the 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the High Group of the 103rd CW. A solid overcast covered the entire area surrounding the target, so the Wing Lead brought the formation home without dropping their loads in conformance with policy regarding targets in occupied countries. | |||
| SORTIE DATA: | ||
| COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
| Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: High Squadron Lead, Group Deputy. |
No Target Attacked |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17F | 42‑3231 ⇗ | 545th | JD*M | THE INFERNO |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Carrington, Richard Thompson, Jr⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Co-pilot | House, Rodney Wayne⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Grimaldi, Anthony Joseph⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Bombardier | Smithwick, Michael Hayes⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Radio Operator | Perrotti, Salvatore John⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Schmidlapp, Phillip Elbert⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Ball Turret | Smalley, Win Richard⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Tail Gunner | Scholand, Joseph Anton⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Wingate, Floyd Montell⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Parkins, Walter Carl⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |