Mission # 16

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date	16 August 1943
VIII Bomber Command Operations	Show Operations > Mission 83: Luftwaffe facilities in France are targeted today. >> Air Task Force 1. 179 B-17's and 1 YB-40 are dispatched to Le Bourget air depot in the Paris area; 171 hit the target at 0929-0937 hours; they claim 29-3-11 Luftwaffe aircraft; 4 B-17's are lost and 46 damaged; casualties are 1 KIA, 4 WIA and 31 MIA; this mission is escorted all the way to the target by P-47's using drop tanks. >> Air Task Force 2. 66 B-17's are dispatched to Poix and Abbeville Airfields; all 66 hit the targets at 0911-0923 hours; 38 aircraft are damaged; no casualties. Source: Jack McKillop, Rutgers University, used with permission. Hide Operations
384^th Bomb Group Mission	384th BG Mission Number 16, VIII BC Mission Number 83 Enemy Air Depot Destroyed Next Mission Previous Mission The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the low group of the wing on today's mission. Fighter resistance was vigorous, but the bombers were able to hit their assigned aiming points accurately, heavily damaging assembly & repair shops.
Primary Target	Target: Le Bourget Airport & Air Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Paris, France
Target Attacked (Mode)	Primary (Visual)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary	Completed Mission, not including spares - 18 Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 2 Aborted - 1 Failed To Return - 1
Mission Personnel	Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents	Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗

22 AIRCRAFT ASSIGNED TO THIS MISSION
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Aircraft	Pilot	Results	Mission/Sortie Information
42‑3074⇗	Lecates, Robert Leslie⇗	Completed Mission	High Squadron deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3216⇗	Wofford, Drewry Frye⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3218⇗	Armstrong, Lloyd Rowland⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3222⇗	Mattes, Frank George⇗	Completed Mission	High Squadron lead, group deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3429⇗	Wilson, Clayton Russell⇗	Completed Mission	Group lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3440⇗	Higdon, Philip Earl⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off.	Turned back at Splasher 11 at 0830 hrs because of an excessive amount of oil coming from #2 engine, which was then feathered. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3441⇗	Ogilvie, Donald Potter⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3455⇗	Faulkiner, Russel Ruben⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3459⇗	Sweningsen, Oliver (NMI)⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5051⇗	Boger, Eugene Arthur⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5444⇗	Estes, Thomas Jefferson⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5797⇗	Magowan, David⇗	Failed To Return	Shot down by enemy aircraft after target; crew bailed out, then aircraft exploded and crashed near Villiers-en-Désœuvre, west of Paris, France. MACR 295 SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5843⇗	Pulcipher, Ralph Robert⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5849⇗	Goulder, Edmund Samuel⇗	Completed Mission	Pilot and co-pilot wounded in legs by shrapnel. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5852⇗	Butler, Johnny Addison⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29651⇗	Sprague, Alfred Lee⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29703⇗	[N/A]	Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
42‑29768⇗	Willing, Mark Skinner⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29814⇗	Ingles, John Thomas⇗	Completed Mission	Radio Operator KIA. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29956⇗	Hausenfluck, Jesse Dee⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Squadron deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30043⇗	Frink, Horace Everett⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30196⇗	[N/A]	Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused