| MISSION DATA: | |||
| DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
| 1944‑06‑16 | 137 | 416 | Target: Athies Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Laon, France |
| Enemy Airfield Damaged: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) formed the entire 41st C Combat Bombardment Wing, the third of three Wings of Air Task Force #1, for today's mission. Bomb pattern centered on the main runway. [Note: Athies-sous-Laon is east of Laon, and the airfield, northeast of Athies, can still be clearly seen on Google Maps.] | |||
| SORTIE DATA: | ||
| COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
| Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: High Group, High Squadron Lead. |
Primary (Visual) |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | |||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
| B-17G | 43‑37713 ⇗ | 546th | BK*S | GREWSOME CREWSOME | Jones, Robert A |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Sullivan, James Dominic⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Co-pilot | Smigelsky, Horace Joseph⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Kavalkovich, William Michael⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Bombardier | Eide, Richard Douglas⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Radio Operator | Stanley, Rex Elmo⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Fox, John Short, Jr⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Ball Turret | Price, Harold Omas⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Tail Gunner | Stitzel, Charles Edward⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Norton, Howard Glen⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |