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Mission # 95

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 25 April 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 95, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 317
Traffic and Weather Prevent Attack
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The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the high group of the 41st Combat Bombardment Wing on today's mission. Bombs were held at the primary target because another group was below the 384th. An attampt to attack the secondary target was thwarted by cloud cover, as was an attempt to bomb the airfield at Abbeville.
Primary Target Target: Metz-Frescaty Airdrome
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Metz, France
Target Attacked (Mode) No Target Attacked
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 19
Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed - 1
Aborted - 2
Mission Personnel Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗

22 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
42‑3440⇗Boger, Eugene Arthur⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30026⇗Malone, John James⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑32106⇗Goller, Theodore (NMI)⇗Completed MissionLanded away at RAF Pershore, Worcestershire, on return due to low fuel.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37758⇗Clayton, John Earl⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37776⇗Meland, Ralph Wendell⇗Completed MissionLanded away at RNAS Lee-on-Solent, Hampshire, on return due to low fuel.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37785⇗Johnson, William T⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron deputy. Landed away at RNAS Lee-on-Solent, Hampshire, on return due to low fuel.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37788⇗Strand, Robert Earl⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Number 2 and 4 superchargers failed; unable to keep up with formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37792⇗Kirkpatrick, William Hugh⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.After landing to correct a loose fuel filler cap, took off again, but lost part of oxygen system.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37982⇗Herbert, Joseph Robert⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38013⇗Kelly, John Thomas⇗Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38208⇗Bennett, Phillip Nathan⇗Completed MissionGroup lead. Col. William L Travis, 41st Bomb Wing, aboard as combat flight leader.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97139⇗Decker, Charles Edgar⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97237⇗Daskey, Kendall (NMI)⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97263⇗Brown, Donald Harold⇗Completed MissionLanded away at RAF Beaulieu, Hampshire, on return due to low fuel.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97273⇗Berbrich, John Martin⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97309⇗Farthing, Frank (NMI)⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97367⇗Kelsay, Omar Frank⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97521⇗Foster, James Everett⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102449⇗Coleman, Lee Browning⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102518⇗Laboda, Joseph Stanley⇗Completed MissionGroup deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107057⇗Cole, Howard Woodrow⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107083⇗Corcoran, John Joseph⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗