| Mission Date | 27 April 1944 |
| Eighth Air Force Operations | Operations description not yet available. |
| 384th Bomb Group Mission |
384th BG Mission Number 96, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 322
V-Weapons Attacked The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as an independent group (no wing formation) on the first of two missions today. The target was partially obscured by haze making sighting difficult. In addition, the AFCE failed on the bomb run, requiring increased coordination between bombardier and pilot. However, most bombs were dropped right on the target area.
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| Primary Target |
Target: V-Weapon Service Bunker (under construction) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Sottevast, France |
| Target Attacked (Mode) | Primary (Visual) |
| Sortie/Aircraft Summary |
Completed Mission, not including spares - 16 Flight Completed - 1 Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed - 3 Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 3 Aborted - 1 Failed To Return - 1 |
| Mission Personnel | Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗ |
| Mission Documents | Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗ |
| Aircraft | Pilot | Results | Mission/Sortie Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| 42‑3440⇗ | Johnson, William T⇗ | Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑31211⇗ | Ulrey, Edgar Ellsworth⇗ | Flight Completed | Weather Ship SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑31364⇗ | Allison, Earl Thomas⇗ | Completed Mission | Group lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑32106⇗ | Knapp, Paul Bernard⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑37758⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 42‑37776⇗ | Meland, Ralph Wendell⇗ | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | Turned back due to inability to catch up to formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑37785⇗ | Sharff, Sampson (NMI)⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑37982⇗ | Clayton, John Earl⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97136⇗ | Small, Herbert William⇗ | Failed To Return | Direct hit by flak immediately after bombs away; fire started in cockpit and spread throughout aircraft, which peeled off to the left and started down and then exploded; no chutes observed; crashed 2 km W of Valognes, France. MACR 4350 SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97139⇗ | Decker, Charles Edgar⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97188⇗ | Farthing, Frank (NMI)⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97237⇗ | [N/A] | Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 42‑97251⇗ | Smith, Charles Grover⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97271⇗ | Pompe, Bernard Joseph⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97273⇗ | Corcoran, John Joseph⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97309⇗ | Birckhead, Robert Bruce⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97367⇗ | West, George Berry⇗ | Completed Mission | Group deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97510⇗ | Horton, Lloyd (NMI)⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97521⇗ | Peterson, Walter Thomas⇗ | Completed Mission | Did not atack target due to malfunction of bomb bay doors, and mechanical difficulty with release mechanism; jettisoned 7x1000# GP bombs 2 minutes before target and 1x1000# GP shortly after target. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97573⇗ | Kirkpatrick, William Hugh⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑102448⇗ | Bouvier, James Andrew⇗ | Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑102518⇗ | Helmley, Loyd Elmer⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron lead. Did not attack target due to malfunction of bomb bay doors; dropped 2x1000# GP bombs between IP and target. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑107057⇗ | Cole, Howard Woodrow⇗ | Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑107074⇗ | Malone, John James⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑107083⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused |