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Mission # 98

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 29 April 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 98, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 327
Industry Targeted
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The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the low group of the 41st Combat Bombardment Wing for today's mission. Bombing was done in wing formation on wing lead, with unobserved results. This was a particularly costly mission for the Eighth Air Force: 63 heavy bombers of the 679 dispatched failed to return.
Primary Target Target: Industrial District
Type: Industry
Location: Berlin, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (Visual)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 16
Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 2
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 3
Scrubbed - 1
Aborted - 4
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 1944-04-29, Deputy Group Lead, J. Kelly, V. Roth⇗

27 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
42‑31364⇗[N/A]Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑37758⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑97188.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37792⇗Peterson, Harold William⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38208⇗Bennett, Phillip Nathan⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Group lead. Co-pilot and navigator became violently ill.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97081⇗Meland, Ralph Wendell⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97139⇗Miller, James Gilmore⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97188⇗Birckhead, Robert Bruce⇗Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑37758.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97201⇗Coleman, Lee Browning⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Flying spare; turned back at 0932; could not find formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97204⇗Wright, James Wiley⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97237⇗Humbles, Alfred Thomas⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97251⇗Corcoran, John Joseph⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Turned back at 0915 hrs near Cromer because gas fumes were noted throughout the ship and gas was leaking from rght wing.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97263⇗Brown, Donald Harold⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97273⇗Strand, Robert Earl⇗Spare, Completed MissionFlying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97282⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑97309⇗Pompe, Bernard Joseph⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97367⇗Kelly, John Thomas⇗Completed MissionGroup deputy. Assumed lead after group lead aborted.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97404⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑97510⇗Horton, Lloyd (NMI)⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97521⇗Peterson, Walter Thomas⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97573⇗Kirkpatrick, William Hugh⇗Spare, Completed MissionFlying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102402⇗Inman, Loren Alexander⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102442⇗Barad, Robert Leo⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Low Squadron deputy. Turned back at 0913 hrs when tail gunner became very ill.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102448⇗Bouvier, James Andrew⇗Failed To ReturnAfter bombs away, was attacked by an Me-109, which made one pass from the tail; the left wing caught fire and the pilot dived into the clouds; more fighters attacked; aircraft crashed near Brandenburg, Germany. MACR 4242
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102518⇗Laboda, Joseph Stanley⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107057⇗Cole, Howard Woodrow⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107074⇗Malone, John James⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107083⇗Sullivan, James Dominic⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗