MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1944‑05‑23 | 113 | 364 | Target: Nancy/Essey Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Nancy, France |
Weather "NOT AS BRIEFED": The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew two group formations on today's mission, as the high groups of the 41st A and B Combat Bombardment Wings (41A Group and 41B Group). Both wings were assigned the same targets, and both Wing Leaders decided not to bomb the visual primary, electing to attack the briefed secondary using PFF aiming. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: 41A Group |
Secondary (PFF) Target: Railroad Marshaling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Saarbrücken, Germany |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
B-17G | 42‑37974 ⇗ | 544th | SU*M | SECTION 8 |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Sammons, Gerald Busby⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Pryor, Oliver McCoy⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Dashev, Jack Saul⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Togglier | Kilpatrick, Redin Robert⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Feyerabend, Lawrence Lenard⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Thompson, Arthur Edward⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Placer, James Jackson⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Schwartz, Stanley (NMI)⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Schneider, Walter Joseph⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |