MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1944‑01‑14 | 53 | 183 | Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Le Meillard, France |
V-Weapons Site Bombed: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the lead and low squadrons of the 41st Combat Wing on today's mission. Two bomb runs were made in CAVU conditions. The lead squadron's bombing was judged 'fair to good' and the low squadron's was 'poor ... far short of target.' |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
Yes | Completed Mission | Primary (Visual) |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
B-17F | 42‑29703 ⇗ | 544th | SU*E | KATHY JANE |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Robinson, Robert Lawrence⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Baylor, Robert Bledsoe⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Holzbaur, Frederick Morris⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Bombardier | Kramer, Herman Drummond⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Stumpf, Howard Martin⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Hutchison, William Wilds⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Maziarka, Stanley Walter⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Ripley, Carlyle David⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Porter, Edward Eugene⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Johnston, Thomas Theadora, Jr⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |