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: Low Group Lead. |
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 | 42‑97824 ⇗ | 544th | SU*U | not known |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Commander | Sammons, Gerald Busby⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Pilot | Lane, Edward William⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Lord, Kenneth Smith⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Jacobson, George John⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Bombardier | Wiley, Ralph Edward⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Morlan, Emil Clayton⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Keyser, Carl Alphus⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Miller, Harold Arthur⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Johnson, Edward Harold⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Bemis, Forrest James⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |