MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1944‑06‑06 | 129 | 395 | Target: Highway Choke Point in City of Caen Type: Transportation Location: Caen, France |
Weather Stymies Bombers: The third D-Day mission for the 384th Bombardment Group (H) sent a small group to attack a highway choke point behind the invasion beachhead as part of Air Task Force #4. Weather again had all targets socked in, and the 384th bombers, having no PFF-equipped aircraft, returned without attacking. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
Yes | Completed Mission | No Target Attacked |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
B-17G | 42‑31435 ⇗ | 544th | SU*S | WEST END |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Halasz, John Julius⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Teehan, John Francis⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Jacobson, George John⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Togglier | Ormsby, Roger Stanley⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | McGill, Thomas Francis, Jr⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Berg, Clifford George⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Tallmon, Raymond Dale⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Monteith, Richard Taylor⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Pang, Sun Wah⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |