MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1944‑06‑06 | 129 | 395 | Target: Highway Choke Point in City of Caen Type: Transportation Location: Caen, France |
Weather Stymies Bombers: The third D-Day mission for the 384th Bombardment Group (H) sent a small group to attack a highway choke point behind the invasion beachhead as part of Air Task Force #4. Weather again had all targets socked in, and the 384th bombers, having no PFF-equipped aircraft, returned without attacking. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
Yes | Completed Mission | No Target Attacked |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | |||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
B-17G | 42‑31222 ⇗ | 546th | BK*D | LAZY DAISY | Flynn, James Francis |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Menke, Robert Arthur⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Keller, Arthur Alexander⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Elias, George (NMI)⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Togglier | Loya, Antonio (NMI)⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Schepers, Bob Eugene⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Shaputis, John Veto⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Elgin, Furman Walter⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Teller, James Alvin⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Stynchula, Frank Joseph⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |