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) |
Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: Low Squadron lead, lead group. |
Primary (Gee-H) |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
B-17G | 43‑37703 ⇗ | 544th | SU*P | TREMBLIN GREMLIN (II) |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Strong, Bert Franklin⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Johnson, Edward Harold⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Ferguson, Donald Louis⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Togglier | Croll, George Albert⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Guettel, Marvin Alfred⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Davis, Lester Levi⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Williams, Walter Bruce, Jr⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Philbin, Thomas Patrick⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Wennik, Henry Nicolas⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |