Mission # 126

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date	5 June 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations	Show Operations > Mission 392: >> 423 of 464 B-17s and 203 of 206 B-24s hit coastal defenses in the Le Havre, Caen, Boulogne and Cherbourg, France areas; 4 B-17s and 2 B-24s are lost, 1 B-24 is damaged beyond repair and 37 B-17s and 39 B-24s are damaged; 1 airman is KIA, 10 WIA and 47 MIA. Escorting are 127 P-47s and 245 P-51s; 1 P-47 and 1 P-51 are lost and 1 P-47 is damaged beyond repair. > Mission 393: >> In France, 7 of 8 P-51 fighter-bombers attack a truck convoy near Lille; the 8th P-51 bombs Lille/Vendeville Airfield; no losses. > Other operations: >> In preparation for D-Day, 3 B-17s fly weather reconnaissance over the UK and the Atlantic Ocean. >> During the night, 11 B-24s fly CARPETBAGGER missions; 1 B-24 is lost over Belgium. Source: Jack McKillop, Rutgers University, used with permission. Hide Operations
384^th Bomb Group Mission	384th BG Mission Number 126, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 392 Two Targets Attacked Next Mission Previous Mission The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided three 12-aircraft groups forming the 41st A Combat Bombardment Wing for today's mission. The 41A Wing led this 1st Air Division Air Task Force of six Wings. While the High and Low Groups bombed the primary on the first run, the Lead Group had trouble locating the target with enough accuracy to release its bombs. After a second unsuccessful run, the Lead Group attacked a target of opportunity (TOO) - another artillery battery - near Morsalines, France.
Primary Target	Target: Field Artillery Battery Type: Military Location: La Fosse, France
Target Attacked (Mode)	Primary (Visual)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary	Completed Mission, not including spares - 36 Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed - 3 Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 2 Scrubbed - 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	1944-06-05, Low Group Lead, Lead Crew Photo, O. Parks, D. Bennett⇗ 1944-06-05, High Group Lead, Lead Crew Photo, Stallings, C. G. Smith⇗

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
42‑3441⇗	Menke, Robert Arthur⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31484⇗	Pompe, Bernard Joseph⇗	Completed Mission	Low Group Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37792⇗	[N/A]	Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off	Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑102459. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37822⇗	Halasz, John Julius⇗	Completed Mission	High Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37974⇗	Gottfried, Raymond Nathan⇗	Completed Mission	Low Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37982⇗	James, Robert Huey⇗	Completed Mission	High Group, High Squadron Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38013⇗	Shelley, John Keith⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38014⇗	Smith, Charles Grover⇗	Completed Mission	High Group Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38208⇗	Kelly, John Thomas⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Group, Wing Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑39888⇗	Maggart, Richard Lee⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97139⇗	[N/A]	Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
42‑97142⇗	June, Glenn Joseph⇗	Completed Mission	High Group Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97150⇗	Hannaford, Vernon Lloyal⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97178⇗	Burkhard, James Albert⇗	Completed Mission	Low Group, Low Squadron Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97188⇗	Eakins, Robert Nathanial⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Group, High Squadron Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97201⇗	Roth, Verle Leroy⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Group, Low Squadron Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97204⇗	[N/A]	Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
42‑97237⇗	Humbles, Alfred Thomas⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Group, Low Squadron Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97271⇗	Birckhead, Robert Bruce⇗	Completed Mission	Low Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97273⇗	Gibson, James Allen⇗	Completed Mission	High Group, Low Squadron Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97282⇗	Melzar, Raymond Augustus⇗	Completed Mission	Low Group, High Squadron Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97309⇗	Kirkpatrick, William Hugh⇗	Completed Mission	Low Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97320⇗	Kelley, Robert Encil⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Group, High Squadron Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97449⇗	Pring, Robert Bradford⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97510⇗	Carey, Gates Chapman⇗	Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97521⇗	Cranstoun, Richard Leroy⇗	Completed Mission	Low Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97574⇗	Pryor, Raymond Thomas⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Group, Wing Lead. PFF ship and unidentified crew members provided by the 305th BG, Chelveston, AAF Station 105. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102430⇗	Bagby, Donald Woods⇗	Completed Mission	Low Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102442⇗	Peterson, Harold William⇗	Completed Mission	Low Group, Low Squadron Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102459⇗	Liebert, Jack Louis⇗	Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed	Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑37792. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102500⇗	Gowder, Charles Fred⇗	Completed Mission	High Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102501⇗	Rucker, David Leroy⇗	Completed Mission	High Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102518⇗	Adams, William Lowell⇗	Completed Mission	Low Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102601⇗	Thoma, Edward Paul⇗	Completed Mission	High Group, Low Squadron Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102617⇗	Rimbold, Arthur Arimese⇗	Completed Mission	High Group, High Squadron Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102620⇗	Fitzgerald, Thomas Howard⇗	Completed Mission	High Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102661⇗	Strong, Bert Franklin⇗	Completed Mission	Low Group, High Squadron Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107057⇗	Ungerman, Kenneth Armistead⇗	Completed Mission	High Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107058⇗	Peck, Harland Kenneth⇗	Completed Mission	High Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107064⇗	Stevens, Raymond Robert⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107148⇗	Bennett, Dewayne (NMI)⇗	Completed Mission	Low Group Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6080⇗	Brown, Billie Barnard⇗	Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed	SORTIE REPORT ⇗