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Mission # 113

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 23 May 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
384th Bomb Group Mission
384th BG Mission Number 113, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 364
Weather "NOT AS BRIEFED"
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The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew two group formations on today's mission, as the high groups of the 41st A and B Combat Bombardment Wings (41A Group and 41B Group). Both wings were assigned the same targets, and both Wing Leaders decided not to bomb the visual primary, electing to attack the briefed secondary using PFF aiming.
Primary Target Target: Nancy/Essey Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Nancy, France
Target Attacked (Mode) Secondary (PFF)
Target: Railroad Marshaling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Saarbrücken, Germany
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 24
Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed - 4
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 2
Scrubbed - 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 1944-05-23, Group Lead, R. Thacker, D. Brown⇗

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
42‑31364⇗[N/A]Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑32106⇗Cranstoun, Richard Leroy⇗Completed Mission41A Group
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37776⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑37785⇗Seamon, Grover Lawrence⇗Completed Mission41A Group
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37974⇗Sammons, Gerald Busby⇗Completed Mission41A Group
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37982⇗James, Robert Huey⇗Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed41A Group Flying Spare.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38014⇗Helmley, Loyd Elmer⇗Completed Mission41A Group Lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38208⇗Brown, Donald Harold⇗Completed Mission41B Group Lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑39888⇗Gottfried, Raymond Nathan⇗Completed Mission41A Group
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97072⇗Hale, Charles Eugene⇗Completed Mission41B Group
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97139⇗Sullivan, James Dominic⇗Completed Mission41B Group
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97178⇗Peterson, Walter Thomas⇗Completed Mission41A Group High Squadron Deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97188⇗Lane, Edward William⇗Completed Mission41A Group Low Squadron Lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97201⇗Roth, Verle Leroy⇗Completed Mission41B Group
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97204⇗MacFarlane, Menzies James⇗Completed Mission41B Group High Squadron Deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97237⇗Humbles, Alfred Thomas⇗Completed Mission41B Group High Squadron Lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97263⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare aircraft 42‑97309.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97271⇗Rosborough, James Edward⇗Completed MissionGround Spare aircraft; replaced 42‑107083.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97273⇗Berbrich, John Martin⇗Completed Mission41B Group Low Squadron Lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97282⇗Kelley, Robert Encil⇗Completed Mission41A Group
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97309⇗Wright, James Wiley⇗Completed Mission41B Group Deputy. Ground Spare aircraft; replaced 42‑97263.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97367⇗Stevens, Raymond Robert⇗Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed41B Group Flying Spare.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102430⇗Gekakis, Anthony⇗Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed41B Group Flying Spare.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102442⇗Birckhead, Robert Bruce⇗Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed41A Group Flying Spare.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102459⇗Rimbold, Arthur Arimese⇗Completed Mission41A Group Low Squadron Deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102518⇗Bagby, Donald Woods⇗Completed Mission41A Group
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102566⇗Pulliam, Lyle James⇗Completed Mission41A Group High Squadron Lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102620⇗Peck, Harland Kenneth⇗Completed Mission41B Group
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107057⇗Ungerman, Kenneth Armistead⇗Completed Mission41B Group
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107083⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare aircraft 42‑97271.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107121⇗Malone, John James⇗Completed Mission41B Group Low Squadron Deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107148⇗Bennett, Dewayne (NMI)⇗Completed Mission41A Group Deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗