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 Comments: High Squadron deputy. |
Primary (Visual) |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
B-17G | 42‑97150 ⇗ | 547th | SO*F | SILVER QUEEN |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Smith, Harry Bailey⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | MacKichan, William Graham⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Walling, Neil Emerson⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Bombardier | Lynch, John Daniel, Jr⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Gray, Kenneth D (IO)⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Altendorf, Elroy Andrew⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Cox, John Stewart⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Felicetti, Frank Dominick⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Gustafson, Claus Norman⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Nichols, Melvin Allen⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |