Mission # 15

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date	15 August 1943
VIII Bomber Command Operations	Show Operations Mission 82: Luftwaffe airfields in France and the Netherlands are targeted today. >> Air Task Force 1. 180 B-17's are dispatched to Vlissingen Airfield in the Netherlands and Amiens and Poix Airfields in France; 147 aircraft hit the targets at 1926-1931 hours; 48 B-17's are damaged; casualties are 3 WIA. >> Air Task Force 2. 147 B-17's are dispatched to Merville, Lille/Vendeville and Vitry-en-Artois Airfields in France; 143 hit the targets at 1925-1933 hours; they claim 9-0-1 Luftwaffe aircraft; 2 B-17's are lost and 11 damaged; casualties are 1 KIA, 3 WIA and 20 MIA. Source: Jack McKillop, Rutgers University, used with permission. Hide Operations
384^th Bomb Group Mission	384th BG Mission Number 15, VIII BC Mission Number 82 Two Targets Attacked Next Mission Previous Mission The 384th Bombardment Group flew as one group of the 103rd Combat Wing on today's mission. The plan was to drop half of each aircraft's bomb load on each of two targets. Maneuvering difficulties at the first target (Poix) reduced the bombs dropped there, but the remainder were all dropped on Glisy with good results.
Primary Target	Target: Poix-en-Picardie and Amiens-Glisy Airfields Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Poix-de-Picardie & Amiens, France
Target Attacked (Mode)	Primary (Visual)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary	Completed Mission, not including spares - 18 Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 1 Scrubbed - 2 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	1943-08-15, Group Lead, B. Peaslee, J. Butler⇓ (Filesize N/A)

23 AIRCRAFT ASSIGNED TO THIS MISSION
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Aircraft	Pilot	Results	Mission/Sortie Information
42‑3074⇗	Armstrong, Lloyd Rowland⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off.	Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑3218. Turned back for unknown reasons. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3216⇗	Wofford, Drewry Frye⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3218⇗	[N/A]	Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off	Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑3074. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3222⇗	Mattes, Frank George⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3429⇗	Wilson, Clayton Russell⇗	Completed Mission	High Squadron lead, group deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3440⇗	Algar, Philip Morris⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3441⇗	Ogilvie, Donald Potter⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3455⇗	Faulkiner, Russel Ruben⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3459⇗	Kelly, James Henry⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5051⇗	[N/A]	Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
42‑5444⇗	Lecates, Robert Leslie⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5797⇗	Magowan, David⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5843⇗	Pulcipher, Ralph Robert⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Squadron deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5849⇗	Frink, Horace Everett⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5852⇗	Butler, Johnny Addison⇗	Completed Mission	Group lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5889⇗	Sprague, Alfred Lee⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29651⇗	Higdon, Philip Earl⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off.	Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑29703. Turned back for unknown reasons. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29703⇗	[N/A]	Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off	Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑29651. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29728⇗	Jacobs, Randolph George Edward⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29768⇗	Willing, Mark Skinner⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29814⇗	Ingles, John Thomas⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29956⇗	Hausenfluck, Jesse Dee⇗	Completed Mission	High Squadron deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30196⇗	Armstrong, James Edwin⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗