MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1944‑03‑28 | 84 | 283 | Target: Dijon-Longvic Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Dijon, France |
Clear Weather = Good Bombing: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the lead group of the 41st Combat Bombardment Wing on today's mission. Clear skies allowed visual bombing and results were good. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
Yes | Completed Mission | Primary (Visual) |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | |||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
B-17G | 42‑97142 ⇗ | 546th | BK*N | THOR, GOD OF THUNDER | Francis, Percy Tom |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Cole, Howard Woodrow⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Smigelsky, Horace Joseph⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Fitzsimmons, Willis Ray⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Bombardier | Blackburn, Rexford Maynard⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Ellis, Edwin Robert⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | McKeon, Francis Peter⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Hart, George Thurman⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Hartranft, Landis Grant⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Long, Thomas Nelson⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Artessa, Carmen Alex⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |