| 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) |
| Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: 41A Group Lead. |
Primary (Gee-H) |
| 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 | Beckett, Thomas Pope⇗ | GpHQ | Completed, Uninjured |
| Pilot | Lane, Edward William⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Martin-Vegue, James Raymond⇗ | GpHQ | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Jacobson, George John⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Bombardier | Wiley, Ralph Edward⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Radio Operator | Morlan, Emil Clayton⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Radio Operator | Matthiesen, Carl Rolf⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Bemis, Forrest James⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Ball Turret | Keyser, Carl Alphus⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Tail Gunner | Blackburn, Keith Monroe⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Chanter, Robert William⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| SORTIE-RELATED DOCUMENTS: | |
| TYPE | IDENTIFICATION |
| Photo | 1944-06-19, 41A Group Lead, T. Beckett, E. Lane |