SORTIE REPORT #11558
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑06‑06 129 395 Target: Highway Choke Point in City of Caen
Type: Transportation
Location: Caen, France
Weather Stymies Bombers: The third D-Day mission for the 384th Bombardment Group (H) sent a small group to attack a highway choke point behind the invasion beachhead as part of Air Task Force #4. Weather again had all targets socked in, and the 384th bombers, having no PFF-equipped aircraft, returned without attacking.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission No Target Attacked
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑102959 ⇗ 544th SU*D not known
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Shearer, Wilbur Lee, Jr⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Hogshire, William Judson⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Myers, Robert Stewart⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Dugger, John Frank⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Shedd, Charles Livingston⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Lipps, Paul Richard⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Vallone, Frank Philip⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Knight, Wilburn Moses⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Harp, James Hubert⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
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