SORTIE REPORT #3926
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, Low 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 42‑97237 547th SO*G ROYAL FLUSH II
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Brown, Billie Barnard 547 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Gyory, Frank Kalman 547 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Greenberg, Marvin (NMI) 547 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Goodin, Maurice Claud 547 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Owens, Norris Reece 547 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Bingaman, Jack William 547 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Fernquist, Kenneth Irvin 547 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Thomas, Paul Nolan 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Caruso, Frank Louis 547 Completed, Uninjured
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