SORTIE REPORT #3721
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑06‑06 128 394 Target: Two Bridges
Type: Transportation
Location: Caen, France
Tactical Bridges Targeted: The second D-Day mission for the 384th Bombardment Group (H) sent five Squadrons, referred to as I, J, K, L, and M Squadrons in mission records, to knock out important bridges behind the invasion beaches as units of Air Task Force #2. These formations included two PFF-equipped aircraft from the 305th BG. All B-17s on this mission dropped their 500- and 1000-pound bombs on signal from the Lead PFF ships, with unobserved results.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: M Squadron.
Primary (PFF)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 42‑102500 ⇗ 546th BK*L not known Flynn, Roland (NMI)
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Wortman, Marshall (NMI)⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Mulvehill, Edmund Whelan⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Leverette, James Harold⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Shoolbred, Charles Ewen⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Van Natter, William Burton⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Radtke, Hilbert Robert⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Irwin, Robert Tait⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Malone, George Martin⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Simeone, Frank Joseph⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
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