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Mission Data:
| Date |
34th BG Mission # |
8th AF Mission # |
34th Primary Target |
| June 06, 1944 |
10 |
394 |
Caen |
| 24 planes were dispatched with 72 tons of bombs to Caen France in support of the D-Day landings. Two aircraft aborted. Due to 10/10 clouds and D-Day channel traffic, the group was forced to return with all bombs still aboard. One plane crashed along the coast when it ran out of fuel with 8 crewmen KIA and 1 Missing in Action. The 34th had been one of the first groups airborne. Roger Freeman Mighty Eighth War Diary on page 259 states that going out one 34BG plane crashed at Corfe Castle with 10 killed. (It was early morning, before 10 AM, but they were returning.) |
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Sortie Data:
| Combat Credit | Status | Target Attacked (Mode) |
| Yes |
Mission Completed |
Primary (Visual) |
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Sortie Aircraft Data:
| Type | Serial Number | Squadron | SQ Code | Name |
| B-24H |
42-94930 |
4 |
E/S |
Kisco Kid |
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Sortie Crew Data:
| Position | Crew Member | Unit | Status |
| Pilot |
Orson A. Israelsen |
4th |
Completed |
| Co-Pilot |
Robert G. Bice Jr. |
4th |
Completed |
| Navigator |
Charles W. Kleinfall |
4th |
Completed |
| Bombardier |
Seamans J. Jones |
4th |
Completed |
| Radio Operator |
Buskirk William. Van |
4th |
Completed |
| Engineer/Top Turret |
Clarence J. Markham |
4th |
Completed |
| Gunner (Ball Turret) |
Samuel Baglio |
4th |
Completed |
| Gunner (Tail) |
William Abraham |
4th |
Completed |
| Gunner (Waist/Flexible) |
Charles E. Barclay |
4th |
Completed |
| CmdP |
Howard C. Burton |
HQ |
Completed |
| SqdN |
James R. Reed Jr. |
4th |
Completed |
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