SORTIE REPORT #3913
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑06‑12 133 407 Target: Railroad Bridge 48°29'N,2°0'W
Type: Transportation
Location: La Vicomté-sur-Rance, France
A Different Bridge Destroyed: The 384th supplied all three groups of the 41st C Wing, with Col Robert E Travis aboard the Wing Lead aircraft as Air Commander. Clouds obscured the primary target, so the wing attacked a target of opportunity (TOO). Strike photos reveal that the wing bombed a highway bridge across the River Rance, just west of La Ville-ès-Nonais. Target locations taken from Google Maps, with reference to strike photo in mission folder.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: Lead Group, High Squadron Deputy.
TOO (Visual)
Target: Highway Bridge at 48°32'N,1°58'W
Type: Transportation
Location: La Ville-ès-Nonais, France
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 44‑6109 545th JD*Q OLE TULIK
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Adams, William Lowell 545 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot McGee, Leonard Vincent 545 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Francis, Allen Warren 545 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Linder, Robert Edward 545 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Rockdaschel, Robert Charles 545 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Vickers, Charles Dunnington 545 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Sutherland, Robert Kenneth 545 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Sandoval, Andres (NMI) 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Ruspoli, Frank Anthony 545 Completed, Uninjured
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