MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1943‑07‑04 | 6 | 71 | Target: Gnome et Rhone Aircraft Engine Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Le Mans, France |
Aircraft Plant Attacked: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the Lead Group of the 103rd Combat Wing with a YB-40 from the 92nd BG in the #2 position of the Lead Squadron on today's mission. Weather at the primary target was clear and visual sighting resulted in accurate bombing. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑5838. Frink had taken off in 838, detected a short circuit that made the aircraft unusable for combat, and landed. It took him 20 minutes from landing to taking off again! |
Primary (Visual) |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
B-17F | 42‑5849 ⇗ | 547th | SO*N | HELL'S BELLES II |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Frink, Horace Everett⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Fields, Leon (NMI)⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Hegstad, Lester Olaf⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Bombardier | Carlson, Clyde Pemberton⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Griffith, Roy Wesley⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Ralston, William Clark⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Kalas, Joseph Markus⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Retherford, Archie (NMI), Jr⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Savage, Clyde Henry⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | McNutt, Julius Frederick⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |