SORTIE REPORT #3598
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 Primary (PFF)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 42‑97251 546th BK*O SNUFFY Kahn, Arthur William
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Gibson, James Allen 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Preller, Robert Henry 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator O'Neill, John Patrick 546 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Flowers, James Richard 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Gramc, Edward (NMI) 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Bowers, Henry Melvin 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Holderbaum, Kenneth (NMI), Jr 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Kennemer, Frank Winifred 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Gilmore, James Karry, Jr 546 Completed, Uninjured
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