MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1944‑07‑06 | 152 | 456 | Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Blanc Pignon Ferme, Cléty, France |
Overcoming Weather Diffuculty: For today's second mission, thirteen aircraft of the 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as a group (but designated as the 41st Combat Wing). The target name given is 'BLANC/PIGNON/FERME', which was located within the commune of Cléty, France. Obscuration of the target and maneuvering difficulties led the group to make three bomb runs, finally dropping on a target of opportunity (TOO) two miles north of the primary target, which the bombardier believed was a V-1 launch site under construction. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: Group lead. |
TOO (Visual) Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Two miles north of Cléty, France |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | |||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
B-17G | 42‑102933 ⇗ | 546th | BK*Q | QUEENIE | Slotwinski, Ted Frank |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Commander | Stallings, Gordon Kenneth⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Pilot | Ungerman, Kenneth Armistead⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Giles, John Porter, Jr⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Williams, Evan Letcher⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Bombardier | Leahy, Leo Alton⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Bailey, Robert Rex⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Schlising, Roger Evan⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Vallone, Frank Philip⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Widner, Charles William⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Jacobs, Dallas Athel⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |