MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1943‑06‑28 | 4 | 69 | Target: Fighter Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Beaumont-le-Roger, France |
Luftwaffe Airfield Attacked: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the Lead Group of the 103rd Combat Wing on today's mission. While climbing in formation through clouds, one Squadron joined another group, and completed the mission with them. Good visual bombing conditions existed at the primary target, and good bombing resulted. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
No |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off. Comments: Turned back with problems in #1 and #2 engines. |
N/A |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
B-17F | 42‑30142 ⇗ | 544th | SU*L | PISTOL PACKIN MAMMA |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Halseth, Edwin Scofield⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
Co-pilot | Harvey, Walter Lewis⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
Navigator | McGeehan, William F⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
Bombardier | Deignan, Charles Joseph⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
Radio Operator | Kay, David Eli⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
Engineer/Top Turret | Burnes, Robert Oliver⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
Ball Turret | Delmonte, Frank L⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
Tail Gunner | Bagdis, John Stanley⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Pollard, Walter Maxwell⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Rutan, Donald Alson⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
Observer | Stroud, Henry Herbert⇗ | 544 | Aborted |