MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1944‑07‑08 | 154 | 460 | Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Renescure, France |
Weather Hides Primary Target: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided all three group formations of the 41st A Combat Bombardment Wing. Weather concealed the primary target, and with limited visibility of the ground, the lead group was unable to find an authorized target of opportunity to attack: the high and low groups independently dropped their bombs on a Luftwaffe airfield just north of Poix. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: Low group deputy. |
TOO (Visual) Target: Poix Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Poix-de-Picardie, France |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
B-17G | 42‑102661 ⇗ | 544th | SU*L | BIG DOG |
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 |
Bombardier | Fitzgerald, James Edward⇗ | 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 | Riggio, Steve (NMI)⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |