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 |
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 |
B-17G | 42‑97367 ⇗ | 547th | SO*T | UMBRIAGO |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Menke, Robert Arthur⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Keller, Arthur Alexander⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Thevenet, Charles James, Jr⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Bombardier | Gudowski, Frank George⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Sexton, William Hiram⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Shaputis, John Veto⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Elgin, Furman Walter⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Teller, James Alvin⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Loya, Antonio (NMI)⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Stynchula, Frank Joseph⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |