| MISSION DATA: | |||
| DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
| 1944‑06‑22 | 143 | 431 | Target: V-2 Storage & Launch Site Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Wizernes, France |
| V-2 Underground Bunker: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the high group of the 41st Combat Bombardment Wing on the first of today's two missions. The target was a heavily reinforced underground facility for storage, servicing, and launching V-2 rocket weapons. Each aircraft carried two 2,000-pound bombs which were released on the target using Gee-H aiming. | |||
| SORTIE DATA: | ||
| COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
| Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: Low Squadron lead. |
Primary (Gee-H) |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | |||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
| B-17G | 42‑97273 ⇗ | 546th | BK*F | ACES & ATES | Konzem, Hubert Philip |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Gowder, Charles Fred⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Co-pilot | Thompson, Willard Hayes⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Brooks, James Joseph⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Bombardier | Williams, Garven Foster⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Radio Operator | Barnes, Francis Eugene⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Beaugh, George (NMI)⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Ball Turret | Tow, Douglas Uane⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Tail Gunner | Williamson, James Edward⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Leber, Richard Edward⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Observer | Hemingway, Richard C⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |