Mission # 132

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date	10 June 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations	Show Operations > Mission 403: Bad weather restricts operations to NW France; 883 bombers and 1,491 fighter sorties are flown but 200+ bombers abort due to cloud conditions; 1 bomber and 24 fighters are lost. >> Air Task Force #1. 507 B-17s are dispatched to Equihen (24 bomb), Hardelot (23 bomb), Saint-Gabriel (26 bomb), Gael Airfield (36 bomb), Nantes/Bouguenais Airfield (55 bomb), Vannes Airfield (59 bomb), Berck (26 bomb), Merlimont Plage (39 bomb), and Toucquet-Paris-Plage (10 bomb); 1 B-17 is damaged beyond repair and 36 damaged; 6 airmen are KIA and 4 WIA. >> Air Task Force #2. 257 B-24s are dispatched to Wimereux (23 bomb), Boulogne (34 bomb), Dreux Airfield (26 bomb), Evreux/Fauville Airfield (65 bomb) and Boulogne (13 bomb); 39 others hit Conches Airfield; 1 B-24 is lost, 2 are damaged beyond repair and 28 damaged; 10 airmen are MIA. >> Air Task Force #3. 119 B-24s are dispatched to Chateaudun Airfield (45 bomb) and Orleans/Bricy Airfield (66 bomb) without loss. > VIII Fighter Command missions during the day are: >> 1. 405 P-38s fly sweep and escort; they claim 5-2-1 Luftwaffe aircraft. >> 2. 3 P-47s and 364 P-51s provided escort for the bombers above; they claim 0-0-1 Luftwaffe aircraft on the ground; 7 fighters are lost. >> 3. 506 P-47s and 213 P-51s fly fighter-bomber missions against communications targets in the beachhead area; they claim 8-0-2 Luftwaffe aircraft in the air and 1-0-1 on the ground; 15 P-47s and 2 P-51 are lost; 3 P-47s and a P-51 are damaged beyond repair. > During the day, 1 fighter pilot is KIA and 24 are MIA. > Mission 404: During the evening, 11 B-17s drop leaflets on Norway and France without loss. Source: Jack McKillop, Rutgers University, used with permission. Hide Operations
384^th Bomb Group Mission	384th BG Mission Number 132, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 403 Excellent Bombing Results Next Mission Previous Mission The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the high group of the 41st A Combat Bombardment Wing (41A Group) and as the high group of the 41st B Combat Bombardment Wing (41B Group), the first two of three Wings of Air Task Force #1 on today's mission. The primary targets were clearly visible through 1/10 cloud cover, enabling the bombers to strike them accurately.
Primary Target	Target: Chateau Bougon Airfield (41A) & Vannes Airfield (41B) Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Nantes & Vannes, France
Target Attacked (Mode)	Primary (Visual)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary	Completed Mission, not including spares - 39 Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 2 Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 3 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	10 June 1944, 41st Wing A Group, Wing Lead, Beckett, C. G. Smtith⇗ 10 June 1944, Group Lead, R. Thacker, L. Helmley⇗

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
42‑31484⇗	Pompe, Bernard Joseph⇗	Completed Mission	41B Group, Group Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑32106⇗	[N/A]	Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off	Replaced by Ground Spare aircraft 42‑97941. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37758⇗	Bagby, Donald Woods⇗	Completed Mission	41B Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37785⇗	[N/A]	Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
42‑37822⇗	Finch, Francis Nelson⇗	Completed Mission	41B Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37982⇗	James, Robert Huey⇗	Completed Mission	41B Group, High Squadron Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38013⇗	Shelley, John Keith⇗	Completed Mission	41A Group, High Squadron Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38208⇗	[N/A]	Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
42‑97139⇗	Meland, Ralph Wendell⇗	Completed Mission	41A Group, Group Deputy. Did not attack target due to total failure of bomb racks; bomb load jettisoned shortly after target. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97142⇗	Melsen, Howard Carl⇗	Spare, Completed Mission	41A Group, Flying Spare. Joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97150⇗	Menke, Robert Arthur⇗	Completed Mission	41A Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97178⇗	Peterson, Walter Thomas⇗	Completed Mission	41B Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97188⇗	Summerville, Robert Dana⇗	Completed Mission	41B Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97201⇗	Roth, Verle Leroy⇗	Completed Mission	41A Group, Low Squadron Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97204⇗	Pring, Robert Bradford⇗	Completed Mission	41A Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97237⇗	Brown, Billie Barnard⇗	Completed Mission	41A Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97251⇗	Rosborough, James Edward⇗	Completed Mission	41A Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97263⇗	Hale, Charles Eugene⇗	Completed Mission	41A Group, Low Squadron Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97273⇗	[N/A]	Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
42‑97282⇗	Druckenmiller, Leon Charles⇗	Completed Mission	41B Group, High Squadron Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97309⇗	Van Every, Russell Meredith⇗	Completed Mission	41B Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97320⇗	Gottfried, Raymond Nathan⇗	Completed Mission	41B Group, Low Squadron Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97367⇗	MacFarlane, Menzies James⇗	Completed Mission	41A Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97510⇗	Sullivan, James Dominic⇗	Completed Mission	41A Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97521⇗	Liebert, Jack Louis⇗	Completed Mission	41B Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97824⇗	Sammons, Gerald Busby⇗	Completed Mission	Capt. Sammons and his crew flew with the 401st Bomb Group on a mission in the afternoon. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97941⇗	Birckhead, Robert Bruce⇗	Completed Mission	41B Group, Ground Spare Aircraft. Replaced 42‑32106. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102430⇗	Adams, William Lowell⇗	Completed Mission	41B Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102442⇗	Peterson, Harold William⇗	Completed Mission	41B Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102449⇗	Smith, Charles Grover⇗	Completed Mission	41A Group, Group Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102459⇗	Murchan, Lawrence Aloysius⇗	Completed Mission	41B Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102500⇗	Fitzgerald, Thomas Howard⇗	Completed Mission	41A Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102501⇗	Rucker, David Leroy⇗	Completed Mission	41A Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102518⇗	Dean, Ralph Merrick⇗	Completed Mission	41B Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102617⇗	Rimbold, Arthur Arimese⇗	Completed Mission	41B Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102620⇗	Shearer, Wilbur Lee⇗	Completed Mission	41A Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102661⇗	Strong, Bert Franklin⇗	Completed Mission	41B Group, Low Squadron Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102959⇗	Fairfield, William Adelbert⇗	Completed Mission	41B Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107057⇗	Malone, John James⇗	Completed Mission	41A Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107058⇗	Peck, Harland Kenneth⇗	Completed Mission	41A Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107064⇗	Stevens, Raymond Robert⇗	Spare, Completed Mission	41A Group, Flying Spare. Joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107125⇗	Helmley, Loyd Elmer⇗	Completed Mission	41B Group, Group Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107224⇗	Maggart, Richard Lee⇗	Completed Mission	41B Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6080⇗	Kelly, John Thomas⇗	Completed Mission	41A Group, High Squadron Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6105⇗	Wortman, Marshall (NMI)⇗	Completed Mission	41A Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗