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-17F | 42‑29828 ⇗ | 545th | JD*C | T.S. |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Baylor, Robert Bledsoe⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Johnson, William T⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Brown, James Jefferson⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Bombardier | Hertel, Wallace Howard⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Frazier, Ernest Leo⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Faux, Roy Sherman⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Hachmann, Vincent Carl⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Buchner, Frank James⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Breen, John Francis, Jr⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Chernack, Abe (NMI)⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |