| MISSION DATA: | |||
| DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
| 1944‑06‑19 | 139 | 424 | Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Fleury & Crépy, France |
| Weather Limits Bombing: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) put up two group formations for this morning's mission to knock out V-Weapon launch sites. There was no wing or division assembly, each group flying independently to its target and back. The first group (41A Group) was dispatched to Fleury, France, where, even though the cloud cover was solid, the Gee-H bombing system allowed them to drop their bombs. The second group (41B Group) was dispatched to Crépy, France. En route to the target area, the Gee-H equipment became inoperative and efforts by the navigator to repair it were unsuccessful. Therefore, bombs were not dropped by this formation due to the policy that restricts bombing in occupied areas to identifiable military targets. | |||
| SORTIE DATA: | ||
| COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
| No |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off. Comments: 41A Group. Tail gunner, Sgt Erling Nielsen, suffered from the bends, forcing the crew to turn back. |
No Target Attacked |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17G | 42‑102617 ⇗ | 544th | SU*T | DEVIL'S BRAT |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Murchan, Lawrence Aloysius⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
| Co-pilot | Shwery, Arthur John⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
| Navigator | Schmitzer, William James⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
| Togglier | Snyder, Henry Franklin⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
| Radio Operator | Gore, Oscar Nathan⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Grindell, Robert Dennis⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
| Ball Turret | Adams, George Alvan⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
| Tail Gunner | Nielsen, Erling (NMI)⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Tallmon, Raymond Dale⇗ | 544 | Aborted |