SORTIE REPORT #3716
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 42‑31435 ⇗ 544th SU*S WEST END
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Halasz, John Julius⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Teehan, John Francis⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Jacobson, George John⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Ormsby, Roger Stanley⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator McGill, Thomas Francis, Jr⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Berg, Clifford George⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Tallmon, Raymond Dale⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Monteith, Richard Taylor⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Pang, Sun Wah⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
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