Mission # 150

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date	4 July 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations	Show Operations > Mission 451: >> 558 bombers and 632 fighters are dispatched to attack 7 airfields N and W of Paris; bad weather and mechanical failures cause 350+ bombers to abort; 1 B-17 and 4 fighters are lost: >> Air Task Force 1. Of 300 B-17s, 24 hit Dreux Airfield, 24 hit Illiers L'Eveque Airfield, 13 hit Conches Airfield and 1 hits a target of opportunity; 1 B-17s is lost, 2 damaged beyond repair and 37 damaged; 1 airman is WIA and 9 MIA. >> 2. Of 258 B-24s, 56 hit Conches Airfield, 50 hit Beaumont le Roger Airfield, 49 hit Evreux Airfield, 25 hit Beaumont-sur-Oise Airfield and 12 hit Creil Airfield; 2 B-24s are damaged beyond repair and 52 damaged; 2 airmen are WIA. >> 199 P-38s, 189 P-47s and 244 P-51s are dispatched to escort the bombers but 63 abort; 2 P-38s, 1 P-47 and 1 P-51 are lost and 1 P-47 is damaged. >> Of 144 P-38s and 176 P-47s, 29 hit Nevers marshalling yard, 25 hit Joinville Bridge, 16 hit Chartres-Chateaudun marshalling yard, 14 hit Perrigny marshalling yard, 14 hit Fresnes Bridge, 8 hit Cercy/La Tours marshalling yard, 8 hit Cambrai marshalling yard, 6 hit St Florentin, 5 hit targets of opportunity and 4 hit Rouen Bridge; they claim 17-0-10 Luftwaffe aircraft in the air and 1-0-0 on the ground; 1 P-38 is lost and 1 damaged. Total VIII Fighter Command casualties are 1 KIA, 4 WIA and 7 MIA. > 36 B-24s fly CARPETBAGGER missions during the night; 3 airmen are MIA after a plane crashes. Source: Jack McKillop, Rutgers University, used with permission. Hide Operations
384^th Bomb Group Mission	384th BG Mission Number 150, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 451 Airfield Attacked Next Mission Previous Mission The 384th Bombardment Group (H) led the 41st A Combat Bombardment Wing, and also supplied the wing's high group on today's mission. The primary target, an airfield immediately south of Conches-en-Ouche, France (15 miles NW of Dreux), was bombed using Gee-H aiming.
Primary Target	Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Dreux (Conches-en-Ouche), France
Target Attacked (Mode)	Primary (Gee-H)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary	Completed Mission, not including spares - 23 Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 2 Flight Completed - 1 Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 3 Scrubbed - 1 Aborted - 1
Mission Personnel	Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents	Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗

31 AIRCRAFT ASSIGNED TO THIS MISSION
Table is sorted by Pilot, and may be sorted by any column: click the column head.
Aircraft	Pilot	Results	Mission/Sortie Information
42‑31484⇗	Minor, Henry W⇗	Completed Mission	Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑102518. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37974⇗	Allred, Frank Lavon⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37982⇗	Murchan, Lawrence Aloysius⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38013⇗	[N/A]	Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
42‑38208⇗	Stevens, Raymond Robert⇗	Completed Mission	High group deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑39888⇗	Gottfried, Raymond Nathan⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97142⇗	Myrick, Kenneth Delay⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97150⇗	Coleman, Lee Browning⇗	Spare, Completed Mission	High group flying spare; joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97201⇗	Lynch, Edward Thomas⇗	Completed Mission	High section deputy, high group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97204⇗	Pring, Robert Bradford⇗	Completed Mission	High section lead, high group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97263⇗	Rooker, Billy Roy⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97271⇗	Heim, Gerard Anthony⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97273⇗	Rucker, David Leroy⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron lead, high group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97320⇗	Wilson, Quentin (NMI)⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97510⇗	Jennings, William Cornelius⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102430⇗	Pluhar, Emil Edward⇗	Spare, Completed Mission	Lead group flying spare; joined formation. Due to a mechanical failure in the bomb bay, could not release bombs. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102449⇗	Shelley, John Keith⇗	Completed Mission	High group lead. Gee-H ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102518⇗	[N/A]	Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off	Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑31484. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102601⇗	Carey, Gates Chapman⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102617⇗	[N/A]	Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
42‑102620⇗	[N/A]	Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
42‑102933⇗	Meland, Ralph Wendell⇗	Flight Completed	Weather aircraft; remainder of crew (CP, N, RO, Eng) not identified SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107064⇗	Sweeney, Ned Hardy⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107083⇗	Pranger, Nicholas Vincent⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off.	Turned back at 0525; reasons unknown. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107125⇗	Keate, Richard Clifford⇗	Completed Mission	Wing lead. Gee-H ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107148⇗	Kirkpatrick, William Hugh⇗	Completed Mission	Wing deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107224⇗	Maggart, Richard Lee⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron deputy, lead group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37703⇗	Strong, Bert Franklin⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron lead, lead group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37713⇗	Sullivan, James Dominic⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron deputy, high group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37717⇗	Herzog, John Henry⇗	Completed Mission	High section deputy, high group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6109⇗	Adams, William Lowell⇗	Completed Mission	High section lead, lead group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗