Mission Date | 1 May 1944 |
384th Mission |
Mission Number 99
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8th Air Force Mission | Mission Number 332 (more...) |
Mission Comments |
Last Resort Target Bombed 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 Aborted - 3 Scrubbed - 1 Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 2 Flight Completed - 1 |
Mission Personnel | Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗ |
Mission Documents | Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗ |
Aircraft | Pilot | Results | Mission/Sortie Information |
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42‑31211⇗ | Ulrey, Edgar Ellsworth ⇗ | Completed Mission | Wing Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑31235⇗ | Gottfried, Raymond Nathan ⇗ | Aborted | Numbers 2 & 3 superchargers were out; aircraft was unable to stay in formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑31435⇗ | [N/A] | Scrubbed | Returned to base because #1 engine failed. Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑37776. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑37776⇗ | Hall, Barney Marcus ⇗ | Aborted | 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 Roland ⇗ | 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 W ⇗ | 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 E ⇗ | 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 J ⇗ | Aborted | Turned back over base because pilot got severe cramp in knee joint. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑107083⇗ | Humbles, Alfred T ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |