SORTIE REPORT #3783
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑06‑07 130 397 Target: Transportation Hub
Type: Military
Location: Condé-sur-Noireau, France
Bombers Cut Transport Routes: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided the Lead and Low Groups for the 41st B Combat Bombardment Wing on today's mission. Tactical support for the invasion was provided with an attack on transport routes through and around Caen. Bombs were dropped using Gee-H aiming.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: Low Group, Low Squadron Deputy.
Primary (Gee-H)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑97188 ⇗ 544th SU*A not known
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Eakins, Robert Nathanial⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Summerville, Robert Dana⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Schmidtke, George Emory⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Witherspoon, Elmer Stanley⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator McClanahan, John Howard, Jr⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Holt, Alfred Irwin⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Adams, George Alvan⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Harris, Thomas James⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Marshall, Sylvester Joseph⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
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