MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1944‑03‑26 | 82 | 280 | Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Le Grismont, Rebecques, France |
V-1 Complex Hit Hard: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew in group formation on today's mission (apparently, there were no wing or division formations). Weather at the target was CAVU, and two of the three squadrons put bombs right on the primary target aimpoint. Target 'Le Grismont' is a 'Ski-Site' in a wooded area northeast of Rebecques, France. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
Yes | Completed Mission | Primary (Visual) |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
B-17G | 42‑97136 ⇗ | 544th | SU*J | not known |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Knapp, Paul Bernard⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Pulliam, Lyle James⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | DeWitt, Robert Courtney⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Togglier | LaSalle, Angelo Aloysius⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Stahl, Bruce Warren⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Jakway, James Allen⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Mason, Covert Nathan⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Cleland, Deston Kenneth⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Cates, Clay Franklin⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Wilkins, John Robert⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |