SORTIE REPORT #3783
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑06‑07 130 397 Target: Transportation Hub
Type: Military
Location: Condé-sur-Noireau, France
Bombers Cut Transport Routes: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided the Lead and Low Groups for the 41st B Combat Bombardment Wing on today's mission. Tactical support for the invasion was provided with an attack on transport routes through and around Caen. Bombs were dropped using Gee-H aiming.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: Low Group, Low Squadron Deputy.
Primary (Gee-H)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑97188 544th SU*A not known
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Eakins, Robert Nathanial 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Summerville, Robert Dana 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Schmidtke, George Emory 544 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Witherspoon, Elmer Stanley 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator McClanahan, John Howard, Jr 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Holt, Alfred Irwin 544 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Adams, George Alvan 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Harris, Thomas James 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Marshall, Sylvester Joseph 544 Completed, Uninjured
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