MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1944‑06‑02 | 122 | 384 | Target: Gun Battery with six 155mm guns, Tactical Support Type: Military Location: Hardelot (5 miles S of Boulogne), France |
Pre-Invasion Tactical Targets: Colonel Dale O Smith led the 384th Bombardment Group (H) as Group #1 of the 41st Combat Bombardment Wing on today's mission. The Groups of the Wing followed at 3 minute intervals, rather than the normal stacked Wing formation. The assigned target was attacked through solid cloud layers using PFF, with unobserved results. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: Low Squadron Deputy. |
Primary (PFF) |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
B-17G | 42‑97150 ⇗ | 547th | SO*F | SILVER QUEEN |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | MacFarlane, Menzies James⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Jacobs, Bernard Richard⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Kinzer, James Brooks, Jr⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Bombardier | Ziegler, Pete Frank⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Sheppard, George Raeburn⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Doughty, Walter Warren⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Martin, Eldon LeRoy, Jr⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Latourette, Frank Richard⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Caster, George Edward⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |