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 |
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 | 42‑97150 ⇗ | 547th | SO*F | SILVER QUEEN |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Hannaford, Vernon Lloyal⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Warren, Kenneth Charles⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Black, Robert Curnow⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Bombardier | Moyer, Paul Bernard⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Wells, Clifford Euarle⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Corman, Victor (NMI)⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Tharp, Lee Paul⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | McDonald, Clark Davis, Jr⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Lionte, Rosario Rocco⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |