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Mission # 109

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 19 May 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 109, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 358
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The 38th Bombardment Group (H) led the 41st B Combat Bombardment Wing, and, in addition, provided the Low Group of that wing, on today's mission. Heavy but partially broken clouds over Berlin led to the Lead Group bombing a target of opportunity by visual aiming, while the Low Group bombed the primary target using PFF of another group.
Primary Target Target: Unidentified Industrial Area
Type: Industry
Location: Berlin, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) TOO (Visual)
Target: Unidentified Industrial Area
Type: Industry
Location: Berlin, Germany
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 36
Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 1
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 4
Scrubbed - 2
Aborted - 4
Mission Personnel Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗

47 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⇗Brown, Billie Barnard⇗Completed MissionLow Group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31364⇗West, George Berry⇗Completed MissionLead Group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31484⇗[N/A]Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑31801⇗Lotz, William Henry⇗Completed MissionWing Deputy. PFF ship and unidentified crew members provided by the 305th BG, Chelveston AAF, AAF Station 105.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑32106⇗Cranstoun, Richard Leroy⇗Completed MissionLead Group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37776⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑37788⇗Bennett, Dewayne (NMI)⇗Completed MissionLead Group, Low Squadron Lead. Ground Spare aircraft; replaced 42‑97271.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37822⇗Halasz, John Julius⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Lead group. Turned back at 1201 hrs; could not locate formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37974⇗James, Robert Huey⇗Spare, Completed MissionLead Group Flying Spare. Joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37982⇗Seamon, Grover Lawrence⇗Completed MissionLead Group. Landed away at RAF Oulton, Norfolk, on return due to low fuel.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38013⇗Hale, Charles Eugene⇗Completed MissionLow Group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38014⇗Decker, Charles Edgar⇗Completed MissionLow Group Lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38208⇗[N/A]Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑39888⇗Gottfried, Raymond Nathan⇗Completed MissionLead Group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97072⇗Wright, James Wiley⇗Completed MissionLow Group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97139⇗Courtemanche, Ralph Eudor⇗Completed MissionLow Group Deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97142⇗Cole, Howard Woodrow⇗Completed MissionLow Group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97178⇗Peterson, Harold William⇗Completed MissionLead Group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97188⇗Hall, Barney Marcus⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Lead group. Turned back over field at 0930 hrs; sparkplug on #7 cylinder, #3 engine blew out.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97201⇗Roth, Verle Leroy⇗Completed MissionLow Group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97237⇗Humbles, Alfred Thomas⇗Completed MissionLow Group. Bomb bay doors stuck; could not bomb.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97251⇗Carey, Gates Chapman⇗Completed MissionLow Group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97263⇗Brown, Donald Harold⇗Completed MissionLow Group, High Squadron Lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97271⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare aircraft 42‑37788.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97273⇗Meland, Ralph Wendell⇗Completed MissionLow Group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97282⇗Kelley, Robert Encil⇗Completed MissionLead Group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97309⇗Pompe, Bernard Joseph⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Lead Group, High Squadron Lead. Turned back at 1125 hrs because he could not locate group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97367⇗MacFarlane, Menzies James⇗Completed MissionLow Group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97449⇗Wortman, Marshall (NMI)⇗Completed MissionLow Group, Low Squadron Lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97521⇗Burkhard, James Albert⇗Completed MissionLead Group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97573⇗Kirkpatrick, William Hugh⇗Completed MissionLead Group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97574⇗Pryor, Raymond Thomas⇗Completed MissionWing lead. PFF aircraft and unidentified crew members provided by the 305th BG, Chelveston AAF, AAF Station 105.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102402⇗Kelsay, Omar Frank⇗Completed MissionLow Group, High Squadron Deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102430⇗Birckhead, Robert Bruce⇗Completed MissionLead Group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102442⇗Adams, William Lowell⇗Completed MissionLead Group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102459⇗Sammons, Gerald Busby⇗Completed MissionLead Group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102500⇗Strand, Robert Earl⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Low Group. Turned back at 1155 hrs; couldn't make contact with Group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102501⇗Rucker, David Leroy⇗Completed MissionLow Group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102518⇗Dean, Ralph Merrick⇗Completed MissionLead Group, Low Squadron Deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102566⇗Pulliam, Lyle James⇗Completed MissionLead Group, High Squadron Deputy. Assumed Squadron Lead when assigned lead aborted.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102617⇗Druckenmiller, Leon Charles⇗Completed MissionLead Group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102620⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare aircraft 42‑107083.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107057⇗Gowder, Charles Fred⇗Completed MissionLow Group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107064⇗Stevens, Raymond Robert⇗Completed MissionLow Group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107083⇗Shearer, Wilbur Lee⇗Completed MissionLow Group. Ground Spare aircraft; replaced 42‑102620.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107121⇗Sullivan, James Dominic⇗Completed MissionLow Group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗