| MISSION DATA: | |||
| DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
| 1944‑06‑12 | 133 | 407 | Target: Railroad Bridge 48°29'N,2°0'W Type: Transportation Location: La Vicomté-sur-Rance, France |
| A Different Bridge Destroyed: The 384th supplied all three groups of the 41st C Wing, with Col Robert E Travis aboard the Wing Lead aircraft as Air Commander. Clouds obscured the primary target, so the wing attacked a target of opportunity (TOO). Strike photos reveal that the wing bombed a highway bridge across the River Rance, just west of La Ville-ès-Nonais. Target locations taken from Google Maps, with reference to strike photo in mission folder. | |||
| SORTIE DATA: | ||
| COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
| Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: Lead Group, Wing Lead. Col. William L Travis aboard as Combat Wing Air Commander. |
TOO (Visual) Target: Highway Bridge at 48°32'N,1°58'W Type: Transportation Location: La Ville-ès-Nonais, France |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17G | 42‑102449 ⇗ | 547th | SO*R | HALE'S ANGELS |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Brown, Donald Harold⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Nilo, Anthony (NMI)⇗ | GpHQ | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Welsbacher, Robert Henry⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Bombardier | Marquardt, George Marvin⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Radio Operator | House, Harland Francis⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Swift, Kenneth Gilbert⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Ball Turret | Griffin, Daniel (NMI)⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Tail Gunner | Sweeney, Ned Hardy⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Zanetti, James John⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |