MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1944‑05‑25 | 115 | 370 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Sarreguemines and Blainville-sur-l'Eau, France |
Focus on Transportation: The 384th Bombardment Group (Heavy) provided two group formations for today's mission attacking transportation targets. The first group flew as the high group of the 41st A Combat Bombardment Wing (41A Group) to Sarreguemines, and the second group flew as the high group of the 41st B Combat Bombardment Wing (41B Group) to Blainville-sur-l'Eau. Excellent bombing was possible in the CAVU conditions, and the bombers really hit their targets accurately. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: 41B Group. |
Primary (Visual) |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | |||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
B-17G | 42‑102501 ⇗ | 546th | BK*H | THE CHALLENGER | Watterson, Arnold (NMI) |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Carey, Gates Chapman⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Bealer, John Levi⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Giles, John Porter, Jr⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Togglier | Hedrick, Melvin Leroy⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Jordan, Theodore Joseph, Jr⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Vidrine, Wayne Francis⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Costello, Kenneth Harold⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Pettit, Frank Michael⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Robinson, Beauregard James⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |