Mission # 156

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date	12 July 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations	Show Operations > Mission 468: 131 B-24s, escorted by 144 Royal Air Force (RAF) Spitfires, are dispatched to bomb 10 CROSSBOW (V-weapon) sites in the Rouen area but abort because of a thick blanket of low cloud over the target area; no losses. > Mission 469: 1,271 bombers and 803 fighters are dispatched to bomb Munich, Germany; 1,124 bombers bomb the city of Munich, 16 hit Enstingen and 10 hit targets of opportunity; 24 bombers are lost, 4 are damaged beyond repair and 297 are damaged; 2 airmen are KIA, 7 WIA and 216 MIA. Escort is provided by 717 P-38s, P-47s and P-51s; 1 P-38 is damaged beyond repair (pilot is WIA). > Mission 470: During the night, 6 of 6 B-17s drop leaflets in France. Source: Jack McKillop, Rutgers University, used with permission. Hide Operations
384^th Bomb Group Mission	384th BG Mission Number 156, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 469 A Second Long Ride to Munich Next Mission Previous Mission The 384th Bombardment Group (H) led the 41st B Combat Bombardment Wing, and also supplied the wing's low group on today's mission. Clouds in the target area required the use of PFF aiming.
Primary Target	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Munich / München, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode)	Primary (PFF)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary	Completed Mission, not including spares - 30 Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 1 Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed - 1 Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 4 Scrubbed - 1 Aborted - 4 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⇗
Other Mission Documents	1944-07-12, Low Group Lead, G. Koehne, R. Koch⇗

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
42‑31222⇗	[N/A]	Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
42‑31484⇗	Liebert, Jack Louis⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑32106⇗	Young, Daniel Monroe⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37982⇗	Durdin, Larkin Clayton⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38013⇗	Bahten, John Irwin⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38208⇗	Hale, Charles Eugene⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off.	Low group deputy. Turned back due to failure of generators in engines 1, 3, & 4. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑39888⇗	Patella, Joseph David⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97072⇗	Combs, William Felix⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97150⇗	Griggs, Frederick Monroe⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97178⇗	Olson, Norman (NMI)⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97201⇗	Lynch, Edward Thomas⇗	Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97204⇗	Pring, Robert Bradford⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97237⇗	Sweeney, Ned Hardy⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97263⇗	[N/A]	Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
42‑97271⇗	Heim, Gerard Anthony⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off.	Turned back due to failure of #2 engine. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97273⇗	Rosborough, James Edward⇗	Failed To Return	Low group. At 1325, immediately after bombs away, 4 parachutes appeared from plane which exploded a few thousand feet below the formation; flak damage, crashed in the area of Munich, Germany. MACR 7568 SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97309⇗	McGee, Leonard Vincent⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off.	Lead group. Turned back with #1 engine trouble. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97320⇗	Maggart, Richard Lee⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off.	Lead group. Turned back due to #3 prop becoming uncontrollable. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97521⇗	Cole, Alfred Holton⇗	Completed Mission	High Squadron deputy, lead group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97592⇗	Johnson, William T⇗	Completed Mission	Wing deputy. PFF ship and unidentified crew members provided by the 305th BG, Chelveston, AAF Station 105. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97699⇗	Pryor, Raymond Thomas⇗	Completed Mission	Wing lead. PFF ship and unidentified crew members provided by the 305th BG, Chelveston, AAF Station 105. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97941⇗	[N/A]	Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
42‑97948⇗	Gibson, James Allen⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron deputy, low group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97960⇗	Koch, Robert Bruce⇗	Completed Mission	Low group lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102459⇗	Allred, Frank Lavon⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron deputy, lead group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102500⇗	Gowder, Charles Fred⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron lead, low group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102501⇗	Endelicato, Marion (NMI)⇗	Completed Mission	High Squadron deputy, low group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102518⇗	Spiers, Paul Robert⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102566⇗	Murchan, Lawrence Aloysius⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102601⇗	Jennings, William Cornelius⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102617⇗	Kell, Joseph Wilfred⇗	Spare, Completed Mission	Scheduled as a lead group flying spare, was apparently re-assigned to #5 in the lead Squadron when Minor scrubbed. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102620⇗	Pranger, Nicholas Vincent⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107058⇗	[N/A]	Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
42‑107064⇗	Coleman, Lee Browning⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107083⇗	Peck, Harland Kenneth⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107148⇗	Bean, Arthur E⇗	Completed Mission	Lead group hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37703⇗	Strong, Bert Franklin⇗	Completed Mission	High Squadron lead, lead group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37713⇗	Stills, James Vernon⇗	Completed Mission	High Squadron lead, low group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37717⇗	[N/A]	Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off	Did not take off, reasons unknown. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6080⇗	Menke, Robert Arthur⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6105⇗	Mount, Dick Wilson⇗	Completed Mission	Low group. Landed away at at Knettishall, AAF Station 136, on return due to heavy battle damage; bombed target; all crew safe. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6141⇗	James, Robert Huey⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron lead, lead group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗