MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1944‑08‑11 | 177 | 541 | Target: Tactical: Coastal Artillery Emplacements Type: Military Location: Brest, France |
More Troop Support: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided all three groups of the 41st A Combat Bombardment Wing on today's mission. Little opposition and good weather conditions permitted each group formation to bomb their assigned targets in the Brest area accurately. Note that each group was assigned a different aiming point for this mission. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: High group hot camera ship. |
Primary (Visual) |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | |||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
B-17G | 42‑107057 ⇗ | 546th | BK*T | SPIRIT OF 96 | Priesnitz, Frank Joseph, Jr |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Hanlon, Ernest Edward⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Vallere, Harold Thomas⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Richert, Clarendon George⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Bombardier | Simons, Maurice Joseph⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | McCarthy, Eugene (NMI)⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Blasingame, Willis Anderson, Jr⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Titell, Jacques (NMI)⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Campbell, Dorian Lewis⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Brennan, James Joseph⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Shukaitis, George Joseph⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |