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Mission # 111

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 21 May 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
384th Bomb Group Mission
384th BG Mission Number 111, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 360
Mixed Results Today
The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the first and fourth groups in the 41st Combat Bombardment Wing's Order of Battle (referred to as A and B Groups in Group records) on today's mission. The A Group flew the mission as briefed with little difficulty, attacking the target using Gee-H aiming. The B Group was not able to rendezvous with the assigned lead Gee-H equipped aircraft from the 379th BG at Kimbolton (Station 117), and, although they tried to catch up with another group and bomb with them, were unable to attack any target.
Primary Target Target: NOBALL (Supergun Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Mimoyecques, France
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (Gee-H)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 11
Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 2
Returned To Base - 12
Flight Completed - 1
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 3
Scrubbed - 1
Aborted - 2
Mission Personnel Mission Personnel Roster or Mission Loading Lists
Mission Documents Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives
Other Mission Documents 1944-05-21, Group A Lead, R. Thacker, P. N. Bennett

32 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 
42‑37776[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, UnusedThis aircraft appears to have been scrubbed by Rucker, and repaired for use as a Ground Spare aircraft.
42‑37785Gottfried, Raymond NathanReturned To BaseGroup B.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑37822Halasz, John JuliusAborted Mission After Taking Off.Group B. Turned back and landed at RAF Manston, Kent, due to failure of #2 engine.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑37982James, Robert HueyReturned To BaseGroup B Low Squadron Deputy.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑38208Armstrong, Lloyd RowlandFlight CompletedWeather aircraft; remainder of crew (CP, N, Eng, RO) not identified.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑97072Humbles, Alfred ThomasSpare, Completed MissionGroup A Flying Spare. Joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑97178Peterson, Walter ThomasReturned To BaseGroup B High Squadron Deputy.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑97188Sammons, Gerald BusbyReturned To BaseGroup B.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑97201Hale, Charles EugeneCompleted MissionGroup A.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑97204Kelsay, Omar FrankCompleted MissionGroup A.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑97271Bagby, Donald WoodsReturned To BaseGroup B.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑97273Berbrich, John MartinCompleted MissionGroup A Low Squadron Lead. Landed away at RAF Wratting Common, Cambridgeshire, on return.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑97282Druckenmiller, Leon CharlesReturned To BaseGroup B.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑97309Kirkpatrick, William HughReturned To BaseGroup B High Squadron Lead.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑97367[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare aircraft 42‑102566.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑97449Castleman, Milton EugeneAborted Mission After Taking Off.Group A High Squadron Lead. Turned back at 1246 hrs because of an internal failure in #1 engine.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑97521Rimbold, Arthur ArimeseReturned To BaseGroup B Flying Spare. Joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑102402Kelly, John ThomasCompleted MissionGroup A Deputy.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑102430Adams, William LowellReturned To BaseGroup B Flying Spare. Joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑102442[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑102449Bennett, Phillip NathanCompleted MissionGroup A Lead. Gee-H ship.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑102459Lane, Edward WilliamReturned To BaseGroup B Low Squadron Lead.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑102500Gowder, Charles FredCompleted MissionGroup A.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑102501Meland, Ralph WendellCompleted MissionGroup A.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑102518Dean, Ralph MerrickReturned To BaseGroup B.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑102566Brown, Billie BarnardCompleted MissionGroup A High Squadron Deputy. Ground Spare aircraft; replaced 42‑97367.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑102620Gekakis, AnthonyCompleted MissionGroup A.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑107057Shearer, Wilbur LeeCompleted MissionGroup A. Landed away at RAF Wratting Common, Cambridgeshire, on return.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑107083Rucker, David LeroySpare, Completed MissionGroup A Flying Spare. Joined formation. Ground Spare aircraft; replaced 42‑37776.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑107121June, Glenn JosephCompleted MissionGroup A Low Squadron Deputy. Landed away at RAF Wratting Common, Cambridgeshire, on return.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑107148Bennett, Dewayne (NMI)Returned To BaseGroup B Deputy.
SORTIE REPORT