MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1944‑05‑01 | 99 | 332 | Target: Launch Site in Foret Nationale de Tournehem Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Foret Nationale de Tournehem, France |
Last Resort Target Bombed: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) led the 41st Combat Wing on today's mission. Clouds solidly covered the primary target, so the mission commander led the wing in an attack on an airfield in the Amiens/Poix area of France. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
No |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off. Comments: Turned back over base because pilot got severe cramp in knee joint. |
N/A |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | |||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
B-17G | 42‑107074 ⇗ | 546th | BK*P | HELENA | Stachon, John Joseph |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Malone, John James⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
Co-pilot | Donohue, William Roberts⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
Navigator | Boreiko, John Vincent⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
Bombardier | Moody, James Clifton, Jr⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
Radio Operator | Weissenbach, Kenneth August⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
Engineer/Top Turret | Smith, Kenneth Elwood⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
Ball Turret | Tow, Douglas Uane⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
Tail Gunner | Millhouse, Clarence Laverne⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | McGuire, James Francis⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Toboz, Benny (NMI)⇗ | 546 | Aborted |