SORTIE REPORT #3913
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, High Squadron Deputy.
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 44‑6109 ⇗ 545th JD*Q OLE TULIK
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Adams, William Lowell⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot McGee, Leonard Vincent⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Francis, Allen Warren⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Linder, Robert Edward⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Rockdaschel, Robert Charles⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Vickers, Charles Dunnington⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Sutherland, Robert Kenneth⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Sandoval, Andres (NMI)⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Ruspoli, Frank Anthony⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
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