Mission # 8

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date	14 July 1943
VIII Bomber Command Operations	Show Operations > Mission Number 73: Three targets are struck in France. >> Air Task Force 1. 111 B-17's and 5 YB-40's are dispatched against the aircraft works at Villacoublay, France; 101 hit the target at 0811-0815 hours; they claim 15-7-16 Luftwaffe aircraft; 3 B-17's are lost and 67 damaged; casualties are 1 KIA, 3 WIA and 21 MIA. >> Air Task Force 2. 64 B-17's are dispatched against Amiens/Glisy Airfield; 53 hit the target at 0742 hours; they claim 9-0-2 Luftwaffe aircraft; 1 B-17 is lost, 3 are damaged beyond repair and 34 are damaged; casualties are 6 KIA, 3 WIA and 10 MIA. >> Air Task Force 3. 84 B-17's are dispatched against LeBourget Airfield, Paris; 52 hit the target at 0750-0820 hours; they claim 41-27-32 Luftwaffe aircraft; 4 B-17's are lost, 1 is damaged beyond repair and 50 damaged; casualties are 16 WIA and 41 MIA. Source: Jack McKillop, Rutgers University, used with permission. Hide Operations
384^th Bomb Group Mission	384th BG Mission Number 8, VIII BC Mission Number 73 Luftwaffe Airfield Pounded Next Mission Previous Mission The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the high group of its assigned Combat Wing on today's mission. The target was accurately bombed with good results.
Primary Target	Target: Villacoublay Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Paris, France
Target Attacked (Mode)	Primary (Visual)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary	Completed Mission, not including spares - 14 Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 2 Scrubbed - 2 Aborted - 3 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	1943-07-14, Group Lead, M. Dillingham, J. Butler⇗

22 AIRCRAFT ASSIGNED TO THIS MISSION
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Aircraft	Pilot	Results	Mission/Sortie Information
42‑3218⇗	[N/A]	Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
42‑3222⇗	Bishop, Charles W⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3330⇗	Munday, James Stanley⇗	Failed To Return	Hit by flak on bomb run, which knocked out #1 engine; after bombs away, fighters attacked, knocking out #3 and #4, #3 catching fire; crew bailed out; aircraft exploded and crashed 500 meters N of Les Essarts-le-Roi, France. No MACR. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5838⇗	Frink, Horace Everett⇗	Completed Mission	Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑5848. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5843⇗	[N/A]	Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused	Lead Ground Spare Aircraft (has bombsight).
42‑5848⇗	[N/A]	Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off	Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑5838. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5849⇗	Sierens, Ernest Joseph⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5852⇗	Butler, Johnny Addison⇗	Completed Mission	Group lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5855⇗	Kelly, James Henry⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5883⇗	Estes, Thomas Jefferson⇗	Completed Mission	High Squadron lead, group deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29768⇗	Willing, Mark Skinner⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29956⇗	Hausenfluck, Jesse Dee⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off.	Turned back at Splasher 10 at 0711 hrs when #3 prop governor broke and prop ran away. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30026⇗	Algar, Philip Morris⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30030⇗	[N/A]	Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off	Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑3222. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30032⇗	Dietel, William (NMI)⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30039⇗	Hall, Kelmer Jim⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off.	High Squadron deputy. Turned back at 0715 hrs over Channel because aircraft could not stay in formation - it felt 'sluggish.' SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30043⇗	Davidson, John W⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30046⇗	Wilson, Clayton Russell⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30065⇗	Keck, George B⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30139⇗	Christman, Clarence Ray⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off.	Turned back three to four minutes after crossing the French coast at 0748 hrs due to failure of #1 engine. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30147⇗	Ward, P J⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30196⇗	Armstrong, James Edwin⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗