SORTIE REPORT #3716
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
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