Mission # 99

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date	1 May 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations	Show Operations Eighth Air Force Operations Mission 332: Operation CROSSBOW (operations against German missile launching sites) targets are hit in France in the early morning; 531 bombers and 209 fighters are dispatched but weather causes many aborts and only 3 of 23 V-weapons sites targeted are bombed. Mission segment 1. Of 161 B-17s dispatched, 18 hit Poix Airfield, 18 hit Roye/Amy Airfield and 15 hit Montdidier Airfield; 1 B-17 is damaged beyond repair and 20 damaged. Source: Jack McKillop, Rutgers University, used with permission. Hide Operations
384^th Bomb Group Mission	384th BG Mission Number 99, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 332 Last Resort Target Bombed Next Mission Previous Mission The 384th Bombardment Group (H) led the 41st Combat Wing on today's mission. Clouds solidly covered the primary target, so the mission commander led the wing in an attack on an airfield in the Amiens/Poix area of France.
Primary Target	Target: Launch Site in Foret Nationale de Tournehem Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Foret Nationale de Tournehem, France
Target Attacked (Mode)	Last Resort Target (Visual) Target: Poix Airfirld Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Amiens/Poix (Poix-de-Picardie?), France
Sortie/Aircraft Summary	Completed Mission, not including spares - 18 Flight Completed - 1 Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 2 Scrubbed - 1 Aborted - 3
Mission Personnel	Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents	Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗

25 AIRCRAFT ASSIGNED TO THIS MISSION
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Aircraft	Pilot	Results	Mission/Sortie Information
42‑31211⇗	Ulrey, Edgar Ellsworth⇗	Completed Mission	Wing Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31235⇗	Gottfried, Raymond Nathan⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off.	Numbers 2 & 3 superchargers were out; aircraft was unable to stay in formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31435⇗	[N/A]	Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off	Returned to base because #1 engine failed. Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑37776. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37776⇗	Hall, Barney Marcus⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off.	High Squadron Deputy. Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑31435, after landing. Took off again but turned back near mid-channel at 0930 hrs because he could not locate formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37785⇗	Johnson, William T⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37982⇗	Sharff, Sampson (NMI)⇗	Completed Mission	Went over target but did not release bombs because of 9/10th haze and undercast. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38013⇗	Inman, Loren Alexander⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38208⇗	[N/A]	Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
42‑97081⇗	Strand, Robert Earl⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97139⇗	Decker, Charles Edgar⇗	Completed Mission	Wing Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97142 ⇗	Armstrong, Lloyd Rowland⇗	Flight Completed	Weather ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97188⇗	Farthing, Frank (NMI)⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97201⇗	Wright, James Wiley⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97237⇗	Kelly, John Thomas⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97251⇗	Meland, Ralph Wendell⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97273⇗	Sullivan, James Dominic⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97282⇗	Boger, Eugene Arthur⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97367⇗	Kelsay, Omar Frank⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97404⇗	Foster, James Everett⇗	Completed Mission	High Squadron Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97449⇗	Coleman, Lee Browning⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97521⇗	[N/A]	Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
42‑97573⇗	Pompe, Bernard Joseph⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107057⇗	Courtemanche, Ralph Eudor⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107074⇗	Malone, John James⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off.	Turned back over base because pilot got severe cramp in knee joint. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107083⇗	Humbles, Alfred Thomas⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗