Mission Date | 26 March 1944 |
Eighth Air Force Operations | Operations description not yet available. |
384th Bomb Group Mission |
384th BG Mission Number 82, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 280
V-1 Complex Hit Hard The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew in group formation on today's mission (apparently, there were no wing or division formations). Weather at the target was CAVU, and two of the three squadrons put bombs right on the primary target aimpoint. Target 'Le Grismont' is a 'Ski-Site' in a wooded area northeast of Rebecques, France.
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Primary Target |
Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Le Grismont, Rebecques, France |
Target Attacked (Mode) | Primary (Visual) |
Sortie/Aircraft Summary |
Completed Mission, not including spares - 20 Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 1 Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed - 1 Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 2 Scrubbed - 2 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 | 1944-03-26, Group Lead, J. Merritt, M. Plunkett⇗ |
Aircraft | Pilot | Results | Mission/Sortie Information |
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42‑3429⇗ | Goller, Theodore (NMI)⇗ | Spare, Completed Mission | Flying spare; joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑29828⇗ | Baylor, Robert Bledsoe⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑29927⇗ | Kravet, Marvin Robert⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑31048⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
42‑31235⇗ | Jorgenson, Henry (NMI)⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑31346⇗ | [N/A] | Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off | Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑37789. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑31364⇗ | Plunkett, Meredith Watson⇗ | Completed Mission | Group lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑31433⇗ | Booska, Maurice Arthur⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑31435⇗ | West, George Berry⇗ | Completed Mission | Group deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑31495⇗ | Boger, Eugene Arthur⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑31740⇗ | Rich, John (NMI)⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑37758⇗ | Corcoran, John Joseph⇗ | Completed Mission | Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑37792. Low Squadron deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑37776⇗ | Smith, Charles Grover⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑37788⇗ | Daskey, Kendall (NMI)⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑37789⇗ | Clayton, John Earl⇗ | Completed Mission | Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑31346. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑37792⇗ | [N/A] | Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off | Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑37758. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑37816⇗ | June, Glenn Joseph⇗ | Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑38014⇗ | Miller, James Gilmore⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑38112⇗ | [N/A] | Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
42‑38158⇗ | Outen, Charles Levi⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑38208⇗ | Kelly, John Thomas⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97081⇗ | Berbrich, John Martin⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97136⇗ | Knapp, Paul Bernard⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97142⇗ | Cole, Howard Woodrow⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97150⇗ | Smith, Harry Bailey⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97237⇗ | Lavin, James Robert⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97510⇗ | Horton, Lloyd (NMI)⇗ | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | Turned back at 1335 hrs over Molesworth because of smoke in bomb bay from unknown source. Landed away at Molesworth. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |