Mission # 116

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date	27 May 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations	Show Operations > Mission 373: 1,126 bombers and 710 fighters are dispatched against rail targets in France and Germany and gun batteries in France; 24 bombers and 7 fighters are lost; the fighters claim 35.5-1-5 aircraft in the air and 9-0-2 on the ground: >> Air Task Force 1. 344 B-17s are dispatched to marshalling yards at Ludwigshafen (150 bomb) and Mannheim (125 bomb); 18 hit Lachen/Speyerdorf, 19 hit the Mannheim area and 6 hit targets of opportunity; 12 B-17s are lost and 98 damaged; 2 airmen are KIA, 5 WIA and 114 MIA. >> Air Task Force 2. 269 B-17s are dispatched to marshalling yards at Karlsruhe (98 bomb) and Strasbourg, France (49 bomb) and aviation factory at Strasbourg/Meinau, France (53 bomb); 7 B-17s are lost, 1 damaged beyond repair and 89 damaged; 1 airman is KIA, 3 WIA and 70 MIA. >> Air Task Force 3. 69 of 86 B-24s bomb aviation factory at Woippy, France; 3 others hit targets of opportunity; 1 airman is WIA. >> Air Task Force 4. 369 B-24s are dispatched to marshalling yards at Saarbrucken (145 bomb), Neunkirchen (66 bomb) and Kons/Karthus (72 bomb); 3 others hit targets of opportunity; 5 B-24s are lost, 1 damaged beyond repair and 18 damaged; 3 airmen are KIA, 4 WIA and 50 MIA. >> Air Task Force 5. 36 of 40 B-17s bomb Fecamp gun battery, France without loss. >> Air Task Force 6. 18 of 18 B-24s bomb St Valery, France without loss. >> Escort is provided by 170 P-38s, 238 P-47s and 302 P-51s; 1 P-38 is lost (pilot is MIA) and 1 damaged beyond repair; P-47s claim 1-0-1 Luftwaffe aircraft in the air and 2-0-0 on the ground without loss; P-51s claim 34.5-1-4 aircraft in the air and 7-0-2 on the ground with the loss of 6 P-51s (pilots are MIA), another is damaged beyond repair and 8 damaged. 425 Ninth Air Force aircraft also support the mission; they claim 4-0-0 with the loss of 1. > Mission 374: 24 of 24 P-47s hit a barge convoy between Willenstadt and Meerije, The Netherlands; 1 P-47 is damaged and 2 barges destroyed. > Mission 375: 3 of 4 B-17s drop leaflets in Belgium and France without loss. > 788th and 850th Bombardment Squadrons (Heavy), VIII Air Force Composite Command attached to 801st Bombardment Group (Provisional), move from Rackheath and Cheddington respectively to Harrington, England with B-24s; the 788th flies CARPETBAGGER missions over Europe and the 850th will commence these missions on 31 May. Source: Jack McKillop, Rutgers University, used with permission. Hide Operations
384^th Bomb Group Mission	384th BG Mission Number 116, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 373 Bad Day For The Railroad Next Mission Previous Mission The 384th Bombardment Group (H) Flew two groups today, the lead and low groups of the 41st A Combat Bombardment Wing. Weather at the primary target was clear enough for visual bombing. The lead group's bombs hit the primary target area, and the low group aimed at adjacent railroad shops, with their bombs falling across the primary target and the shops.
Primary Target	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Mannheim, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode)	Primary (Visual)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary	Completed Mission, not including spares - 37 Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 2 Flight Completed - 1 Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 3 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⇗
Other Mission Documents	27 May 1944, Low Group, Lead Crew, Koehne/Lane⇗

45 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
42‑3441⇗	MacFarlane, Menzies James⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off.	Lead Group, Flying Spare aircraft. Turned back at 1053 hrs because Tokyo tank would not feed. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31484⇗	Sammons, Gerald Busby⇗	Completed Mission	Low Group Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑32106⇗	Cranstoun, Richard Leroy⇗	Completed Mission	Low Group, High Squadron Deputy. Forced to jettison bomb load at 1212 hrs because one of his engines went out. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37758⇗	Fitzgerald, Thomas Howard⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Group, High Squadron Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37785⇗	[N/A]	Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
42‑37788⇗	[N/A]	Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
42‑37974⇗	Hall, Barney Marcus⇗	Completed Mission	Low Group. Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑97521. This crew took off in 42‑97521 but landed immediately because #3 engine was running rough. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37982⇗	James, Robert Huey⇗	Completed Mission	Low Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38013⇗	Inman, Loren Alexander⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Group, Low Squadron Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38014⇗	[N/A]	Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
42‑39888⇗	Maggart, Richard Lee⇗	Completed Mission	Low Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97072⇗	Wright, James Wiley⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Group, Low Squadron Lead. Jettisoned bombs two minutes after target due to personnel failure. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97139⇗	Sullivan, James Dominic⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97178⇗	Peterson, Walter Thomas⇗	Completed Mission	Low Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97188⇗	Halasz, John Julius⇗	Spare, Completed Mission	Low Group, Flying Spare Aircraft. Joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97201⇗	Pring, Robert Bradford⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97204⇗	Brown, Billie Barnard⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97237⇗	Hale, Charles Eugene⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97251⇗	Carey, Gates Chapman⇗	Completed Mission	Low Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97263⇗	Brown, Donald Harold⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Group, High Squadron Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97271⇗	Adams, William Lowell⇗	Completed Mission	Low Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97273⇗	Gowder, Charles Fred⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97282⇗	Boger, Eugene Arthur⇗	Completed Mission	Low Group. Landed away at Boxted Airfield, AAF Station 150, on return due to low fuel. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97309⇗	Pompe, Bernard Joseph⇗	Completed Mission	Low Group, High Squadron Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97449⇗	Wortman, Marshall (NMI)⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97521⇗	[N/A]	Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off	Landed immediately after taking off because #3 engine was running rough. Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑37974. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97573⇗	Kirkpatrick, William Hugh⇗	Completed Mission	Low Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97574⇗	Smith, Dale Orville⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Group, Wing Lead. PFF ship provided by the 305th BG, Chelveston, AAF Station 105. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97699⇗	Pryor, Raymond Thomas⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Group, Wing Deputy. PFF ship provided by the 305th BG, Chelveston, AAF Station 105. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102430⇗	Birckhead, Robert Bruce⇗	Completed Mission	Low Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102449⇗	Kelly, John Thomas⇗	Flight Completed	Weather aircraft; remainder of crew (CP, N, RO, Eng) not identified. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102500⇗	Thoma, Edward Paul⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102501⇗	Rucker, David Leroy⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102518⇗	Dean, Ralph Merrick⇗	Completed Mission	Low Group, Low Squadron Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102566⇗	Van Every, Russell Meredith⇗	Spare, Completed Mission	Low Group, Flying Spare Aircraft. Joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102601⇗	Rosborough, James Edward⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102617⇗	Rimbold, Arthur Arimese⇗	Completed Mission	Low Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102620⇗	Ungerman, Kenneth Armistead⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102661⇗	Kelley, Robert Encil⇗	Completed Mission	Low Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107057⇗	Peck, Harland Kenneth⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107064⇗	Stevens, Raymond Robert⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107121⇗	Gibson, James Allen⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107125⇗	Bagby, Donald Woods⇗	Completed Mission	Low Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107148⇗	Peterson, Harold William⇗	Completed Mission	Low Group, Low Squadron Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107221⇗	Lane, Edward William⇗	Completed Mission	Low Group Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗