SORTIE REPORT #4396
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: Bomb release malfunctioned; bombs were not dropped.
Primary (Gee-H)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑97367 ⇗ 547th SO*T UMBRIAGO
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Menke, Robert Arthur⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Keller, Arthur Alexander⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Milne, Dale Thomas⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Gudowski, Frank George⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Sexton, William Hiram⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Shaputis, John Veto⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Elgin, Furman Walter⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Teller, James Alvin⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Stynchula, Frank Joseph⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
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