MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1944‑07‑04 | 150 | 451 | Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Dreux (Conches-en-Ouche), France |
Airfield Attacked: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) led the 41st A Combat Bombardment Wing, and also supplied the wing's high group on today's mission. The primary target, an airfield immediately south of Conches-en-Ouche, France (15 miles NW of Dreux), was bombed using Gee-H aiming. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
No |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off. Comments: Turned back at 0525; reasons unknown. |
N/A |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | |||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
B-17G | 42‑107083 ⇗ | 546th | BK*B | not known | Schiebel, Harold Arthur |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Pranger, Nicholas Vincent⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
Co-pilot | Vaden, Kenneth Underwood⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
Navigator | Singer, William Andrew⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
Bombardier | Wolf, Charles Elmer, Jr⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
Radio Operator | Neyer, Ralph Richard⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
Engineer/Top Turret | Brooker, Cameron Hutchison⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
Ball Turret | Browne, Erle Royden⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
Tail Gunner | Kidwell, Hugh Thomas⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Sullivan, John Joseph⇗ | 546 | Aborted |