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 |
Completed Mission Comments: Low Squadron lead, lead group. |
No Target Attacked |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
B-17G | 44‑6149 ⇗ | 547th | SO*U | HOT AFTER IT |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Rooker, Billy Roy⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Keller, Arthur Alexander⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Cohen, Joseph Meyer⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Togglier | Yeager, George Hallow, Jr⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Krieger, Louis (NMI)⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Whitley, William Martin⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Smith, Jack Alexander⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Berger, Robert Jeane⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Zanetti, James John⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |