Mission # 174

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date	7 August 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations	Show Operations > Mission 527: 905 bombers and 471 fighters are dispatched to hit fuel dumps and bridges in France but heavy cloud cover forces many aircraft to return with bombs and other formations to be recalled; 1 bomber and 5 fighters are lost; targets hit (number in parenthesis indicates bombers bombing) are: >> Air Task Force 1. Of 112 B-17s, 71 hit Montbartier and 34 hit St Loubes; 1 B-17 is damaged beyond repair and 26 are damaged; 2 airmen are WIA. Escort is provided by 123 of 139 P-51s; they claim 1-0-3 Luftwaffe aircraft in the air and 0-0-1 on the ground. >> Air Task Force 2. The primary targets of 224 B-17s are Nanteuil Bridge (36), Sens (26), St Florentin (25), Dugny (24), Bourron Marlotte (23) and Paris-St Quen (12); other targets hit are Chartres Airfield (23), Maintenon Bridge (23), Houden marshalling yard (14), Chateaudun Airfield (11) and Rouglaf (1); 1 B-17 is damaged beyond repair and 80 damaged. Escort is provided by 96 of 97 P-51s. >> Air Task Force 3. 1 of 182 B-17s hits Montdidier Airfield; 35 B-17s are damaged; 1 airman is WIA. Escort is provided by 90 P-38s and P-51s. >> Air Task Force 4. Of 51 B-24s, 10 hit Andenne Bridge, 8 hit Semuse and 8 hit targets of opportunity; 1 B-24 is lost and 19 damaged; 11 airmen are MIA. Escort is provided by 34 of 35 P-47s. >> Air Task Force 5. The primary targets of 333 B-24s are Doullens Bridge (37), Saleux (24), Recques-sur-Course (23), Frevent Bridge (15), Rieme/Ertveld (11) and Langerbrugge (9); 12 also hit a factory near Wendelghem and 1 hits a target of opportunity; 1 B-24 is damaged beyond repair and 45 damaged; 8 airmen are KIA and 1 WIA. Escort is provided by 94 of 100 P-51s. > Mission 528: 1 of 3 B-17s flies a Micro H test mission (Micro H was a radar system which combined the Gee-H and H2X radar functionality for use by pathfinders). > Mission 529: 271 P-47s and P-51s fly fighter-bomber missions to marshalling yards and railroads N and E of Paris; they claim 4-0-1 aircraft on the ground; 3 P-47s and 2 P-51s are lost and 11 P-47s damaged; 5 pilots are MIA. And, 5 of 5 B-17s fly a leaflet mission over France during the night. > In the USSR, a shuttle mission is flown in accordance with a Soviet request; 55 B-17s and 29 P-51s attack an oil refinery at Trzebina, Poland without loss; the aircraft return to Operation FRANTIC bases in the USSR. Source: Jack McKillop, Rutgers University, used with permission. Hide Operations
384^th Bomb Group Mission	384th BG Mission Number 174, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 527 Target Near Le Bourget Next Mission Previous Mission The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided all three groups of the 41st A Combat Bombardment Wing on today's mission. The target combined two strategic objectives in one: the Luftwaffe and their fuel supply. Unfortunately, none of the bombs came near the target, with the lead and low groups dropping their bombs several miles to the east of it, and the high group attacking facilities at Chateaudun Airfield after being unable to sight the primary target.
Primary Target	Target: Aircraft Fuel Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Dugny (Paris), France
Target Attacked (Mode)	Primary (Visual)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary	Completed Mission, not including spares - 34 Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 1 Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 1 Scrubbed - 1 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	1944-08-07, Low Group Lead, M. Booska, R. Koch⇗ 1944-08-07, Wing Lead, A. Nuttall, W. Fairfield⇗

39 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⇗	Duesler, Donald Barton⇗	Completed Mission	High group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31484⇗	McDaniel, Clifford Franklin⇗	Completed Mission	High section lead, low group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑32106⇗	Brodie, James Joseph⇗	Completed Mission	High section deputy, lead group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37788⇗	Sienkiewicz, Edward Alfred⇗	Completed Mission	Low group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37822⇗	Murchan, Lawrence Aloysius⇗	Completed Mission	Lead group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38014⇗	Peck, Harland Kenneth⇗	Completed Mission	High Group deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑39888⇗	Maggart, Richard Lee⇗	Completed Mission	Lead group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97204⇗	Soester, Wilbur Leroy⇗	Completed Mission	Low group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97263⇗	[N/A]	Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off	Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑102566. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97941⇗	[N/A]	Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
42‑97960⇗	Koch, Robert Bruce⇗	Completed Mission	Low group lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑98000⇗	Seidlein, George Harold⇗	Completed Mission	Lead group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102430⇗	Martin, Donald Francis⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off.	High group. Turned back over the English Channel after the Engineer was seriously injured after being 'caught between the upper local turret and the wall.' SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102459⇗	Durdin, Larkin Clayton⇗	Completed Mission	Lead group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102500⇗	Hanlon, Ernest Edward⇗	Completed Mission	High group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102566⇗	Bennett, John R⇗	Completed Mission	Low group. Ground Spare Aircraft, replaced 42‑97263. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102601⇗	Causa, Raymond (NMI)⇗	Completed Mission	High group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102620⇗	Tracy, Edward Hanks⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron deputy, high group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102661⇗	Fairfield, William Adelbert⇗	Completed Mission	Wing lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102933⇗	Meland, Ralph Wendell⇗	Completed Mission	High group lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102959⇗	Groff, Richard Hubert⇗	Completed Mission	Lead group. Crash-landed at RAF Ford, West Sussex, UK, on return due to battle damage, with one seriously wounded crew member. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107057⇗	Cline, Walter William⇗	Completed Mission	High group hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107058⇗	LeDonne, Edward George⇗	Spare, Completed Mission	High group flying spare; joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107083⇗	Peterson, John Wright⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron lead, high group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107121⇗	Clements, Ben Hill⇗	Completed Mission	High group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107125⇗	Kass, Robert Hiler⇗	Completed Mission	High section lead, lead group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37703⇗	Dodson, Lee White⇗	Completed Mission	Lead group hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37822⇗	Combs, William Felix⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off.	Wing deputy and hot camera ship. Turned back due to uncontrollable prop on #2 engine, which had to be feathered. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37843⇗	Parker, George Frederick⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron lead, low group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37917⇗	Wismer, Richard Glen⇗	Completed Mission	High section deputy, low group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37971⇗	Hulcher, Donald Lawrence ⇗	Completed Mission	High section deputy, high group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6080⇗	Lynch, Edward Thomas⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron deputy, low group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6105⇗	Brown, Bert Oliver⇗	Completed Mission	Low group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6109⇗	Farra, Robert Leslie⇗	Completed Mission	High section lead, high group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6135⇗	Wood, Rodney J⇗	Completed Mission	Low group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6141⇗	Toler, Harold Morton⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron lead, lead group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6149⇗	Bills, Edgar L⇗	Completed Mission	Low group hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6294⇗	Kinnaird, William Robert⇗	Completed Mission	Lead group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8011⇗	Dudock, Edward Peter⇗	Completed Mission	Low group deputy and hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗