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: Flying Spare Aircraft. Joined formation. |
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 | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
B-17G | 42‑97142 ⇗ | 546th | BK*N | THOR, GOD OF THUNDER | Francis, Percy Tom |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Peck, Harland Kenneth⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Jennings, William Cornelius⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Bell, Albert (NMI)⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Togglier | Rancatore, Frank James⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Algase, Max Louis⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Sunshine, Morris Hyman⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Chapmon, William Theodore⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Allen, Wallace Frank⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Hunter, George Filmore⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |