| 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) |
| No |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off. Comments: Turned back with a feathered prop. |
N/A |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17G | 42‑97320 ⇗ | 544th | SU*G | HOT ROCK |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | James, Robert Huey⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
| Co-pilot | Rochette, Harold Irving⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
| Navigator | Bronstein, David (NMI)⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
| Togglier | Sarver, Harold Thomas⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
| Radio Operator | Brown, Joe Erwin⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Shay, James William, Jr⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
| Ball Turret | Smith, Herman Eugene⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
| Tail Gunner | Kew, John Harry ⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Cassidy, Michael Joseph⇗ | 544 | Aborted |