| MISSION DATA: | |||
| DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
| 1944‑06‑07 | 130 | 397 | Target: Transportation Hub Type: Military Location: Condé-sur-Noireau, France |
| Bombers Cut Transport Routes: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided the Lead and Low Groups for the 41st B Combat Bombardment Wing on today's mission. Tactical support for the invasion was provided with an attack on transport routes through and around Caen. Bombs were dropped using Gee-H aiming. | |||
| SORTIE DATA: | ||
| COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
| Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: This aircraft was sent to lead the 401st BG on today's mission. Loading list does not provide a name for the tail gun position. |
Primary (Gee-H) |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17G | 42‑97824 ⇗ | 544th | SU*U | not known |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Sammons, Gerald Busby⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Co-pilot | Pryor, Oliver McCoy⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Jacobson, George John⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Dashev, Jack Saul⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Bombardier | Cooper, Leo Lee⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Radio Operator | Feyerabend, Lawrence Lenard⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Schneider, Walter Joseph⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Ball Turret | Placer, James Jackson⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Kilpatrick, Redin Robert⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| SORTIE-RELATED DOCUMENTS: | |
| TYPE | IDENTIFICATION |
| Photo | 7 June 1944, 401st Bomb Group Lead Crew, Sammons, Pryor |