MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1944‑06‑22 | 143 | 431 | Target: V-2 Storage & Launch Site Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Wizernes, France |
V-2 Underground Bunker: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the high group of the 41st Combat Bombardment Wing on the first of today's two missions. The target was a heavily reinforced underground facility for storage, servicing, and launching V-2 rocket weapons. Each aircraft carried two 2,000-pound bombs which were released on the target using Gee-H aiming. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: High Squadron lead. |
Primary (Gee-H) |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
B-17G | 42‑97178 ⇗ | 545th | JD*N | SWEET MAMA |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Kirkpatrick, William Hugh⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Seitz, Harold Meade⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Sandrow, Harry Jack⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Bombardier | Stimac, John (NMI)⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Peterson, George (NMI)⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Gist, Cecil Burt⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Aden, Raymond (NMI)⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Cook, Francis DeWitt⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Briones, Leon Humberto⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |