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Mission # 99

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 1 May 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations Show Operations
384th Bomb Group Mission
384th BG Mission Number 99, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 332
Last Resort Target Bombed
The 384th Bombardment Group (H) led the 41st Combat Wing on today's mission. Clouds solidly covered the primary target, so the mission commander led the wing in an attack on an airfield in the Amiens/Poix area of France.
Primary Target Target: Launch Site in Foret Nationale de Tournehem
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Foret Nationale de Tournehem, France
Target Attacked (Mode) Last Resort Target (Visual)
Target: Poix Airfirld
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Amiens/Poix (Poix-de-Picardie?), France
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 18
Flight Completed - 1
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 2
Scrubbed - 1
Aborted - 3
Mission Personnel Mission Personnel Roster or Mission Loading Lists
Mission Documents Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives

25 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
42‑31211Ulrey, Edgar EllsworthCompleted MissionWing Lead.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑31235Gottfried, Raymond NathanAborted Mission After Taking Off.Numbers 2 & 3 superchargers were out; aircraft was unable to stay in formation.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑31435[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReturned to base because #1 engine failed. Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑37776.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑37776Hall, Barney MarcusAborted Mission After Taking Off.High Squadron Deputy. Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑31435, after landing. Took off again but turned back near mid-channel at 0930 hrs because he could not locate formation.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑37785Johnson, William TCompleted Mission SORTIE REPORT
42‑37982Sharff, Sampson (NMI)Completed MissionWent over target but did not release bombs because of 9/10th haze and undercast.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑38013Inman, Loren AlexanderCompleted Mission SORTIE REPORT
42‑38208[N/A]Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑97081Strand, Robert EarlCompleted Mission SORTIE REPORT
42‑97139Decker, Charles EdgarCompleted MissionWing Deputy.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑97142 Armstrong, Lloyd RowlandFlight CompletedWeather ship.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑97188Farthing, Frank (NMI)Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT
42‑97201Wright, James WileyCompleted Mission SORTIE REPORT
42‑97237Kelly, John ThomasCompleted MissionLow Squadron Lead.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑97251Meland, Ralph WendellCompleted Mission SORTIE REPORT
42‑97273Sullivan, James DominicCompleted Mission SORTIE REPORT
42‑97282Boger, Eugene ArthurCompleted Mission SORTIE REPORT
42‑97367Kelsay, Omar FrankCompleted MissionLow Squadron Deputy.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑97404Foster, James EverettCompleted MissionHigh Squadron Lead.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑97449Coleman, Lee BrowningCompleted Mission SORTIE REPORT
42‑97521[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑97573Pompe, Bernard JosephCompleted Mission SORTIE REPORT
42‑107057Courtemanche, Ralph EudorCompleted Mission SORTIE REPORT
42‑107074Malone, John JamesAborted Mission After Taking Off.Turned back over base because pilot got severe cramp in knee joint.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑107083Humbles, Alfred ThomasCompleted Mission SORTIE REPORT