Mission # 20

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date	3 September 1943
VIII Bomber Command Operations	Show Operations > Mission 90: Luftwaffe air installations in France are the target. >> Air Task Force 1. 168 B-17's are dispatched to the Romilly sur Seine air depot; 100 hit the target at 0903-0911 hours; 28 hit the secondary target, the airfield at St Andre de L'Eure at 0947-0949 hours; and 12 hit a target of opportunity, the Evreux/Fauvill Airfield at 0955 hours; they claim 11-1-10 Luftwaffe aircraft; 4 B-17's are lost and 55 damaged; casualties are 2 WIA and 40 MIA. >> Air Task Force 2. 65 B-17's are dispatched to Mureaux Airfield; 38 hit the target at 0843-0844 while 18 hit a dummy airfield near Dieppe; 2 B-17's are damaged; no casualties. >> Air Task Force 3. 65 B-17's are dispatched to an industrial area at Caudron-Renault near Paris; 37 hit the target at 0925 hours; they claim 15-4-8 Luftwaffe aircraft; 5 B-17's are lost and 18 damaged; casualties are 4 WIA and 40 MIA. >> The B-17's are escorted by 160 P-47's; they claim 4-1-0 Luftwaffe aircraft; 1 P-47 is lost and 2 damaged; no casualties. Source: Jack McKillop, Rutgers University, used with permission. Hide Operations
384^th Bomb Group Mission	384th BG Mission Number 20, VIII BC Mission Number 90 Weather Forces Change Next Mission Previous Mission Clouds obscured the primary target and prevented bombing: formation bombed secondary.
Primary Target	Target: Air Park and Aerodrome Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Romilly-sur-Seine, France
Target Attacked (Mode)	Secondary (Visual) Target: Fighter Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: St. Andre-de-L'Eure, France
Sortie/Aircraft Summary	Completed Mission, not including spares - 12 Ditched - 1 Aborted - 5
Mission Personnel	Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents	Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗
Other Mission Documents	1943-09-03, Flight Leader, G. Harris, J. Kelly⇗

18 AIRCRAFT ASSIGNED TO THIS MISSION
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Aircraft	Pilot	Results	Mission/Sortie Information
41‑24557⇗	Yelvington, Melton Albert⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off.	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3041⇗	McMahon, James Joseph⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off.	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3216⇗	Sprague, Alfred Lee⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3429⇗	Estes, Thomas Jefferson⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3455⇗	Faulkiner, Russel Ruben⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3459⇗	Higdon, Philip Earl⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5444⇗	Thompson, Siguard (NMI)⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5720⇗	Aufmuth, Lester Herbert⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5838⇗	Frink, Horace Everett⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron lead SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5843⇗	Pulcipher, Ralph Robert⇗	Completed Mission	High Squadron lead. A British Army observer and war correspondent, Maj. Anthony Cotterell, flew with this crew. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29651⇗	Jacobs, Randolph George Edward⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off.	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29699⇗	Goulder, Edmund Samuel⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29768⇗	Willing, Mark Skinner⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off.	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29828⇗	Ashcraft, Archie Bertis⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29914⇗	Jones, Justin Ralph⇗	Failed To Return: Ditched	Shot down by enemy aircraft; ditched in Channel; MACR 743. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29935⇗	Harry, William Russell⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off.	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30033⇗	Harris, George Warren⇗	Completed Mission	Flight leader SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30043⇗	Price, William Merriman⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗