| MISSION DATA: | |||
| DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
| 1944‑07‑06 | 151 | 455 | Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Coubronne, France |
| Traffic Jam: In the first of today's two missions, the 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided all three group formations of the 41st A Combat Bombardment Wing. Due to repeated air traffic conflicts during the bomb run on the primary target, followed by bombsight failure, targets of opportunity (TOO) were attacked. The lead group attacked an airfield at Prouvy (Denain), France; the low Group attacked an airfield at Vitry-en-Artois, France; the high group attacked an airfield at Moorsele (Wevelgem), Belgium. | |||
| SORTIE DATA: | ||
| COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
| Yes |
Spare, Completed Mission Comments: Low group flying spare; joined formation. |
TOO (Visual) Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Vitry-en-Artois, France |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17G | 42‑102430 ⇗ | 545th | JD*O | SPAM-O-LINER |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Anderson, Earl Overlade, Jr⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Co-pilot | Shreve, Walter Eugene, Jr⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Hartnig, Carl (NMI)⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Togglier | O'Leary, William Louis⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Radio Operator | Sherman, John Dewey⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Lloyd, Wilmer Leroy⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Ball Turret | Noland, Neal William⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Tail Gunner | Hinshaw, Glenn Samuel⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Evans, Homer Joseph⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |