SORTIE REPORT #3600
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑06‑02 122 384 Target: Gun Battery with six 155mm guns, Tactical Support
Type: Military
Location: Hardelot (5 miles S of Boulogne), France
Pre-Invasion Tactical Targets: Colonel Dale O Smith led the 384th Bombardment Group (H) as Group #1 of the 41st Combat Bombardment Wing on today's mission. The Groups of the Wing followed at 3 minute intervals, rather than the normal stacked Wing formation. The assigned target was attacked through solid cloud layers using PFF, with unobserved results.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission Primary (PFF)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 42‑97273 ⇗ 546th BK*F ACES & ATES Konzem, Hubert Philip
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Fitzgerald, Thomas Howard⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Bullitt, Edward James⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Dexter, Edwin MacLeod⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Eide, Richard Douglas⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Matthiesen, Carl Rolf⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Hichens, Ralph Henry⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Beckham, Charles Owen⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Heeg, Edgar Lee⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Kimak, Michael (NMI)⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
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