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 | 42‑97273 ⇗ | 546th | BK*F | ACES & ATES | Konzem, Hubert Philip |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Fitzgerald, Thomas Howard⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Bullitt, Edward James⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Dexter, Edwin MacLeod⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Bombardier | Eide, Richard Douglas⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Matthiesen, Carl Rolf⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Hichens, Ralph Henry⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Beckham, Charles Owen⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Heeg, Edgar Lee⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Kimak, Michael (NMI)⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |