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: Bomb release malfunctioned; bombs were not dropped. |
Primary (Gee-H) |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
B-17G | 42‑97367 ⇗ | 547th | SO*T | UMBRIAGO |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Menke, Robert Arthur⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Keller, Arthur Alexander⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Milne, Dale Thomas⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Bombardier | Gudowski, Frank George⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Sexton, William Hiram⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Shaputis, John Veto⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Elgin, Furman Walter⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Teller, James Alvin⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Stynchula, Frank Joseph⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |