MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1944‑06‑04 | 125 | 389 | Target: Artillery Battery Type: Military Location: Hardelot (Boulogne area), France |
Tactical Targets Again: The 41st Combat Bombardment Wing contributed three two-group wings for today's mission. The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the 41B Wing, in the Wing's Lead and Low Group positions. The Eighth Air Force continued the pressure on enemy ground forces ahead of the invasion with this attack on prepared artillery emplacements. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
Yes | Completed Mission | Primary (Visual) |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | |||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
B-17G | 42‑102620 ⇗ | 546th | BK*P | DE RUMBLE IZER | Clayton, Alfred George |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Shearer, Wilbur Lee, Jr⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Hogshire, William Judson⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Myers, Robert Stewart⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Bombardier | Dugger, John Frank⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Shedd, Charles Livingston⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Lipps, Paul Richard⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Foltz, Howard William⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Knight, Wilburn Moses⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Harp, James Hubert⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |