Mission # 105

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 11 May 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
384th Bomb Group Mission
384th BG Mission Number 105, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 351
Railroads Targeted
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The 384th Bombardment Group (Heavy) provided two group formations for today's mission. The first group flew as the high group of the 41st A Combat Bombardment Wing (41A Group) to attack Saarbrücken. Clouds obscured the primary target, as well as targets in the Metz, Luxembourg, and Brussels areas, so bombs were held, in keeping with the policy of requiring visual identification and targeting of locations in occupied territory. The second group flew as the high group of the 41st B Combat Bombardment Wing (41B Group) to attack Ehrang. Although thick haze covered the target area, there was sufficient visibility to identify and attack the primary target.
Primary Target Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Saarbrücken and Ehrang, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 35
Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 1
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 4
Scrubbed - 1
Aborted - 1
Mission Personnel Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗

42 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⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑3441⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑31364⇗Johnson, William T⇗Completed Mission41A Group, Low Squadron Lead.
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42‑31435⇗James, Robert Huey⇗Completed Mission41A Group, High Squadron Deputy.
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42‑31484⇗Helmley, Loyd Elmer⇗Completed Mission41A Group, Group Lead.
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42‑32106⇗Cranstoun, Richard Leroy⇗Completed Mission41A Group.
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42‑37776⇗Cole, Howard Woodrow⇗Completed Mission41B Group.
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42‑38013⇗Inman, Loren Alexander⇗Completed Mission41B Group.
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42‑38014⇗[N/A]Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑38208⇗Bennett, Phillip Nathan⇗Completed Mission41B Group, Group Lead.
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42‑39888⇗Gottfried, Raymond Nathan⇗Completed Mission41A Group, Low Squadron Deputy.
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42‑97072⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off41B Group. Replaced by Ground Spare aircraft 42‑97263.
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42‑97139⇗Strand, Robert Earl⇗Completed Mission41B Group.
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42‑97142⇗Rucker, David Leroy⇗Completed Mission41B Group.
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42‑97178⇗Peterson, Walter Thomas⇗Completed Mission41A Group, Group Deputy.
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42‑97188⇗Hall, Barney Marcus⇗Completed Mission41A Group.
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42‑97201⇗Roth, Verle Leroy⇗Completed Mission41B Group.
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42‑97204⇗Kelsay, Omar Frank⇗Completed Mission41B Group.
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42‑97237⇗Humbles, Alfred Thomas⇗Completed Mission41B Group.
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42‑97251⇗Smith, Charles Grover⇗Completed Mission41B Group, High Squadron Lead.
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42‑97263⇗Hale, Charles Eugene⇗Completed Mission41B Group, Ground Spare aircraft; replaced 42‑97072.
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42‑97271⇗[N/A]Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑97273⇗Berbrich, John Martin⇗Completed Mission41B Group, Low Squadron Lead.
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42‑97282⇗Druckenmiller, Leon Charles⇗Completed Mission41A Group.
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42‑97309⇗Pompe, Bernard Joseph⇗Completed Mission41A Group.
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42‑97367⇗Castleman, Milton Eugene⇗Completed Mission41B Group.
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42‑97404⇗Francis, Thomas Rex⇗Completed Mission41A Group. Jettisoned incendiaries.
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42‑97449⇗Wortman, Marshall (NMI)⇗Completed Mission41B Group.
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42‑97573⇗Burkhard, James Albert⇗Completed Mission41A Group.
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42‑102402⇗Brown, Donald Harold⇗Completed Mission41B Group, Group Deputy.
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42‑102442⇗Bennett, Dewayne (NMI)⇗Completed Mission41A Group, High Squadron Lead.
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42‑102459⇗Murchan, Lawrence Aloysius⇗Completed Mission41A Group.
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42‑102500⇗Shearer, Wilbur Lee⇗Completed Mission41B Group.
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42‑102518⇗Dean, Ralph Merrick⇗Completed Mission41A Group.
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42‑102548⇗Sullivan, James Dominic⇗Spare, Completed Mission41B Group, Flying Spare; joined formation.
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42‑102566⇗Pulliam, Lyle James⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.41A Group. Turned back with low manifold pressure in #2 & #4 engines.
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42‑102617⇗Rimbold, Arthur Arimese⇗Completed Mission41A Group. Jettisoned incendiaries.
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42‑102620⇗Carey, Gates Chapman⇗Completed Mission41B Group, High Squadron Deputy.
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42‑107083⇗Courtemanche, Ralph Eudor⇗Completed Mission41B Group, Low Squadron Deputy.
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42‑107121⇗Malone, John James⇗Completed Mission41B Group.
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42‑107125⇗Laboda, Joseph Stanley⇗Completed Mission41A Group.
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42‑107148⇗Peterson, Harold William⇗Completed Mission41A Group.
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