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Mission # 97

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 27 April 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 97, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 323.1
Airfield Targeted
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The 384th Bombardment Group (H) led the 41st Combat Bombardment Wing on the second of two missions today. Hazy conditions at the target did not hinder good bombing.
Primary Target Target: Toul/Croix de Metz Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Nancy, France
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (Visual)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 20
Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed - 3
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 3
Mission Personnel Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗

26 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⇗Sharff, Sampson (NMI)⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31211⇗Castleman, Milton Eugene⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37776⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑37788⇗Wright, James Wiley⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37792⇗Peterson, Harold William⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37974⇗Hall, Barney Marcus⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38208⇗Armstrong, Lloyd Rowland⇗Completed MissionWing lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97139⇗[N/A]Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑97188⇗Farthing, Frank (NMI)⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97201⇗Kelly, John Thomas⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97204⇗Daskey, Kendall (NMI)⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97237⇗Kelsay, Omar Frank⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97251⇗Foster, James Everett⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97263⇗Brown, Donald Harold⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97273⇗Sullivan, James Dominic⇗Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97309⇗Pompe, Bernard Joseph⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97367⇗Coleman, Lee Browning⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97449⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑97510⇗Clayton, John Earl⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97521⇗Birckhead, Robert Bruce⇗Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97573⇗Laboda, Joseph Stanley⇗Completed MissionWing deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102442⇗Knapp, Paul Bernard⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102448⇗Kirkpatrick, William Hugh⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107057⇗Gottfried, Raymond Nathan⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107074⇗Strand, Robert Earl⇗Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107083⇗Johnson, William T⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗