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 | Primary (Gee-H) |
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 | Peck, Harland Kenneth⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Jennings, William Cornelius⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Bell, Albert (NMI)⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Togglier | Pattillo, William James⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Algase, Max Louis⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Sunshine, Morris Hyman⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Chapmon, William Theodore⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Allen, Wallace Frank⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Hunter, George Filmore⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |