MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1944‑08‑07 | 174 | 527 | Target: Aircraft Fuel Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Dugny (Paris), France |
Target Near Le Bourget: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided all three groups of the 41st A Combat Bombardment Wing on today's mission. The target combined two strategic objectives in one: the Luftwaffe and their fuel supply. Unfortunately, none of the bombs came near the target, with the lead and low groups dropping their bombs several miles to the east of it, and the high group attacking facilities at Chateaudun Airfield after being unable to sight the primary target. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: High section lead, lead group. |
Primary (Visual) |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
B-17G | 42‑107125 ⇗ | 545th | JD*G | DOASY DOATS |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Kass, Robert Hiler⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Mayner, John Robert, Jr⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Radakovitz, Herman Andrew⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Bombardier | Gray, William Emery, III⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Brown, James Paul⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Chambers, James Melvin⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Talley, Harold Graham⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Drysdale, Douglas David⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Briones, Leon Humberto⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
SORTIE-RELATED DOCUMENTS: | |
TYPE | IDENTIFICATION |
Photo | 1944-08-07, Low Group Lead, M. Booska, R. Koch |