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Mission # 105

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 11 May 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
384th Bomb Group Mission
384th BG Mission Number 105, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 351
Railroads Targeted
The 384th Bombardment Group (Heavy) provided two group formations for today's mission. The first group flew as the high group of the 41st A Combat Bombardment Wing (41A Group) to attack Saarbrücken. Clouds obscured the primary target, as well as targets in the Metz, Luxembourg, and Brussels areas, so bombs were held, in keeping with the policy of requiring visual identification and targeting of locations in occupied territory. The second group flew as the high group of the 41st B Combat Bombardment Wing (41B Group) to attack Ehrang. Although thick haze covered the target area, there was sufficient visibility to identify and attack the primary target.
Primary Target Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Saarbrücken and Ehrang, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 35
Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 1
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 4
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

42 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
42‑3440[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑3441[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑31364Johnson, William TCompleted Mission41A Group, Low Squadron Lead.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑31435James, Robert HueyCompleted Mission41A Group, High Squadron Deputy.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑31484Helmley, Loyd ElmerCompleted Mission41A Group, Group Lead.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑32106Cranstoun, Richard LeroyCompleted Mission41A Group.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑37776Cole, Howard WoodrowCompleted Mission41B Group.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑38013Inman, Loren AlexanderCompleted Mission41B Group.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑38014[N/A]Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑38208Bennett, Phillip NathanCompleted Mission41B Group, Group Lead.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑39888Gottfried, Raymond NathanCompleted Mission41A Group, Low Squadron Deputy.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑97072[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off41B Group. Replaced by Ground Spare aircraft 42‑97263.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑97139Strand, Robert EarlCompleted Mission41B Group.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑97142Rucker, David LeroyCompleted Mission41B Group.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑97178Peterson, Walter ThomasCompleted Mission41A Group, Group Deputy.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑97188Hall, Barney MarcusCompleted Mission41A Group.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑97201Roth, Verle LeroyCompleted Mission41B Group.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑97204Kelsay, Omar FrankCompleted Mission41B Group.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑97237Humbles, Alfred ThomasCompleted Mission41B Group.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑97251Smith, Charles GroverCompleted Mission41B Group, High Squadron Lead.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑97263Hale, Charles EugeneCompleted Mission41B Group, Ground Spare aircraft; replaced 42‑97072.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑97271[N/A]Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑97273Berbrich, John MartinCompleted Mission41B Group, Low Squadron Lead.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑97282Druckenmiller, Leon CharlesCompleted Mission41A Group.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑97309Pompe, Bernard JosephCompleted Mission41A Group.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑97367Castleman, Milton EugeneCompleted Mission41B Group.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑97404Francis, Thomas RexCompleted Mission41A Group. Jettisoned incendiaries.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑97449Wortman, Marshall (NMI)Completed Mission41B Group.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑97573Burkhard, James AlbertCompleted Mission41A Group.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑102402Brown, Donald HaroldCompleted Mission41B Group, Group Deputy.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑102442Bennett, Dewayne (NMI)Completed Mission41A Group, High Squadron Lead.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑102459Murchan, Lawrence AloysiusCompleted Mission41A Group.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑102500Shearer, Wilbur LeeCompleted Mission41B Group.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑102518Dean, Ralph MerrickCompleted Mission41A Group.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑102548Sullivan, James DominicSpare, Completed Mission41B Group, Flying Spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑102566Pulliam, Lyle JamesAborted Mission After Taking Off.41A Group. Turned back with low manifold pressure in #2 & #4 engines.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑102617Rimbold, Arthur ArimeseCompleted Mission41A Group. Jettisoned incendiaries.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑102620Carey, Gates ChapmanCompleted Mission41B Group, High Squadron Deputy.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑107083Courtemanche, Ralph EudorCompleted Mission41B Group, Low Squadron Deputy.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑107121Malone, John JamesCompleted Mission41B Group.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑107125Laboda, Joseph StanleyCompleted Mission41A Group.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑107148Peterson, Harold WilliamCompleted Mission41A Group.
SORTIE REPORT