Mission # 151

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date	6 July 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations	Show Operations > Mission 455: In the morning, missions are flown to France and Germany. >> Air Task Force 1. 800 bombers and 224 fighters are dispatched to bomb 18 V-weapon sites in the Pas de Calais area; 556 of 641 B-17s and 133 of 159 B-24s bomb; 1 B-17 is damaged beyond repair; 161 B-17s and 59 B-24s are damaged; 2 airmen are KIA and 3 WIA. Escort is provided by 141 P-38s and 83 P-51s; they claim 4-0-0 Luftwaffe aircraft; 1 P-38 is lost (pilot is MIA). >> Air Task Force 2. 229 of 262 B-24s bomb the dock area at Kiel, Germany and 1 hits a target of opportunity; 3 B-24s are lost, 1 damaged beyond repair and 105 damaged; 8 airmen are WIA and 22 MIA. Escort is provided by 168 of 189 P-51s; 1 P-51 is lost (pilot is MIA). > Mission 456: In the late afternoon 73 of 104 B-17s and 148 of 176 B-24s strike 6 V-weapon sites and supply installations, 3 railroad bridges, a highway bridge, and an airfield in N France. Escort is provided by 443 P-38s, P-47s and P-51s; 1 P-47 is lost; afterwards a squadron of P-47s dive-bombs 3 airfields in the Conches area. > 212 P-38s and P-47s, fly fighter-bomber missions against rail and road traffic in the Paris area; they claim 11-1-2 Luftwaffe aircraft; 2 P-47s are lost (pilots are MIA). > Mission 457: 7 of 7 B-17s drop leaflets in Belgium and France during the night. > 20 B-24s fly CARPETBAGGER missions; 1 B-24 is lost. A C-47 makes the first landing at a secret airstrip in the Ain, France area. Source: Jack McKillop, Rutgers University, used with permission. Hide Operations
384^th Bomb Group Mission	384th BG Mission Number 151, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 455 Traffic Jam Next Mission Previous Mission In the first of today's two missions, the 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided all three group formations of the 41st A Combat Bombardment Wing. Due to repeated air traffic conflicts during the bomb run on the primary target, followed by bombsight failure, targets of opportunity (TOO) were attacked. The lead group attacked an airfield at Prouvy (Denain), France; the low Group attacked an airfield at Vitry-en-Artois, France; the high group attacked an airfield at Moorsele (Wevelgem), Belgium.
Primary Target	Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Coubronne, France
Target Attacked (Mode)	Various Targets Attacked, See Individual Sorties
Sortie/Aircraft Summary	Completed Mission, not including spares - 35 Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 3 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	6 July 1944, Wing Lead. A. Nuttall, E. Lane⇗

43 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
42‑31435⇗	Maggart, Richard Lee⇗	Completed Mission	Lead group. Crash landed at RAF Manston, Kent, due to major flak damage. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37788⇗	Myrick, Kenneth Delay⇗	Completed Mission	High section deputy, lead group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37822⇗	Gottfried, Raymond Nathan⇗	Completed Mission	Lead group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37974⇗	[N/A]	Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off	Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑102459. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37982⇗	Druckenmiller, Leon Charles⇗	Completed Mission	Lead group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38013⇗	Carey, Gates Chapman⇗	Completed Mission	Lead group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38014⇗	[N/A]	Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
42‑38208⇗	Pring, Robert Bradford⇗	Completed Mission	High group deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑39888⇗	James, Robert Huey⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron deputy, lead group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97142⇗	Melsen, Howard Carl⇗	Completed Mission	High group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97150⇗	Griggs, Frederick Monroe⇗	Completed Mission	High group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97178⇗	Cranstoun, Richard Leroy⇗	Completed Mission	Low group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97201⇗	Brown, Billie Barnard⇗	Completed Mission	High group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97204⇗	Hale, Charles Eugene⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron lead, high group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97251⇗	Rosborough, James Edward⇗	Completed Mission	High section deputy, low group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97263⇗	Rooker, Billy Roy⇗	Completed Mission	High group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97271⇗	Minor, Henry W⇗	Completed Mission	Low group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97273⇗	Gowder, Charles Fred⇗	Completed Mission	High section lead, low group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97309⇗	Bagby, Donald Woods⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron deputy, low group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97320⇗	[N/A]	Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
42‑97510⇗	Rucker, David Leroy⇗	Completed Mission	High section lead, lead group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97521⇗	Melzar, Raymond Augustus⇗	Completed Mission	Lead group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97941⇗	Peterson, Harold William⇗	Completed Mission	Low group lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97948⇗	Stills, James Vernon⇗	Completed Mission	High section lead, high group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97960⇗	Koch, Robert Bruce⇗	Completed Mission	High group lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102430⇗	Anderson, Earl Overlade⇗	Spare, Completed Mission	Low group flying spare; joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102442⇗	Burkhard, James Albert⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron lead, low group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102459⇗	Halasz, John Julius⇗	Completed Mission	Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑37974. Low Squadron lead, lead group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102518⇗	Young, Daniel Monroe⇗	Completed Mission	Low group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102617⇗	Norton, Paul E⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off.	Lead group. Turned back; crew member became ill. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102620⇗	Pranger, Nicholas Vincent⇗	Completed Mission	High section deputy, high group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102661⇗	Strong, Bert Franklin⇗	Completed Mission	Wing deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107058⇗	[N/A]	Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
42‑107064⇗	Blackburn, Keith Monroe⇗	Completed Mission	High group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107148⇗	Dean, Ralph Merrick⇗	Completed Mission	Low group deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107224⇗	Lane, Edward William⇗	Completed Mission	Wing lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37703⇗	Allred, Frank Lavon⇗	Spare, Completed Mission	Lead group flying spare; joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37713⇗	Sullivan, James Dominic⇗	Completed Mission	Low group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6080⇗	Menke, Robert Arthur⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron deputy, high group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6105⇗	Dudock, Edward Peter⇗	Spare, Completed Mission	High group flying spare; joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6109⇗	Adams, William Lowell⇗	Completed Mission	Low group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6147⇗	Herzog, John Henry⇗	Completed Mission	Low group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6149⇗	Bahten, John Irwin⇗	Completed Mission	High group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗