Mission # 114

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 24 May 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
384th Bomb Group Mission
384th BG Mission Number 114, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 367
Big "B" And Bad Weather
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The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew two groups today, the lead and low groups of the 41st B Combat Bombardment Wing. Weather at the primary target required use of PFF aiming. The lead ship PFF set failed on the bomb run, so the wing deputy was ordered to take over, which was successfully accomplished. Bombs were away on the primary target with unobserved results. After bombs-away, the low group became separated from the wing, and eventually joined a wing led by the 94th BG for the return to England.
Primary Target Target: Unidentified Military Installations
Type: Military
Location: Berlin, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (PFF)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 32
Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 1
Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed - 2
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 2
Scrubbed - 2
Aborted - 2
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⇗

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
42‑3429⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑31364⇗Seamon, Grover Lawrence⇗Failed To ReturnLead Group. Hit by flak after bombs-away, crashed in Herzberg, Germany (12 km SSE of Neuruppin). MACR 5268
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42‑32106⇗Cranstoun, Richard Leroy⇗Completed MissionLead Group.
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42‑37758⇗Ungerman, Kenneth Armistead⇗Completed MissionLow Group.
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42‑37776⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑37785⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare aircraft 42‑31364.
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42‑37788⇗Brown, Billie Barnard⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Low Group. Turned back at 0747 hrs; all four generators were oscillating; there was insufficient power to operate a/c properly.
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42‑37792⇗Peck, Harland Kenneth⇗Completed MissionLow Group.
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42‑37974⇗Rosborough, James Edward⇗Completed MissionLow Group.
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42‑37982⇗Halasz, John Julius⇗Completed MissionLead Group.
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42‑38014⇗Decker, Charles Edgar⇗Completed MissionLow Group Lead.
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42‑97072⇗Wright, James Wiley⇗Completed MissionLow Group Low Squadron Lead.
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42‑97139⇗Courtemanche, Ralph Eudor⇗Completed MissionLow Group Deputy.
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42‑97178⇗Peterson, Walter Thomas⇗Completed MissionLead Group.
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42‑97188⇗Hall, Barney Marcus⇗Completed MissionLead Group.
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42‑97201⇗Roth, Verle Leroy⇗Completed MissionLow Group Low Squadron Deputy.
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42‑97204⇗Pring, Robert Bradford⇗Completed MissionLow Group.
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42‑97237⇗Humbles, Alfred Thomas⇗Completed MissionLow Group.
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42‑97251⇗Meland, Ralph Wendell⇗Completed MissionLow Group.
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42‑97263⇗Kelly, John Thomas⇗Completed MissionLow Group High Squadron Lead.
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42‑97271⇗Bagby, Donald Woods⇗Completed MissionLead Group.
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42‑97273⇗Gowder, Charles Fred⇗Completed MissionLow Group.
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42‑97282⇗Boger, Eugene Arthur⇗Flying Spare, Returned As BriefedLead Group Flying Spare.
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42‑97309⇗Pompe, Bernard Joseph⇗Completed MissionLead Group.
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42‑97367⇗MacFarlane, Menzies James⇗Completed MissionLow Group.
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42‑97449⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare aircraft 42‑107057.
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42‑97573⇗Druckenmiller, Leon Charles⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Lead Group. Turned back due to failure of the oxygen system.
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42‑97647⇗Pryor, Raymond Thomas⇗Completed MissionWing Lead. PFF ship and radio operator (T/Sgt L A Taylor) provided by the 305th BG, Chelveston, AAF Station 105. Col. William L Travis, 41st Bomb Wing, aboard as combat flight leader.
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42‑102430⇗Burkhard, James Albert⇗Completed MissionLead Group High Squadron Deputy. Unable to open malfunctioning bomb-bay doors over primary target, attacked a TOO at 53°00'N, 13°10'E.
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42‑102442⇗Birckhead, Robert Bruce⇗Completed MissionLead Group.
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42‑102459⇗Gottfried, Raymond Nathan⇗Completed MissionLead Group.
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42‑102518⇗Adams, William Lowell⇗Flying Spare, Returned As BriefedLead Group Flying Spare.
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42‑102566⇗Van Every, Russell Meredith⇗Completed MissionLead Group.
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42‑102617⇗Kelley, Robert Encil⇗Completed MissionLead Group.
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42‑102620⇗Sullivan, James Dominic⇗Spare, Completed MissionLow Group Flying Spare. Joined the formation and completed the mission, bombing with the Low Group.
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42‑107057⇗Hale, Charles Eugene⇗Completed MissionLow Group. Ground Spare aircraft. Replaced 42‑97447.
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42‑107064⇗Stevens, Raymond Robert⇗Completed MissionLow Group.
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42‑107083⇗Gekakis, Anthony⇗Completed MissionLow Group.
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42‑107121⇗Malone, John James⇗Completed MissionLow Group.
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42‑107125⇗Kirkpatrick, William Hugh⇗Completed MissionLead Group High Squadron Lead.
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42‑107148⇗Peterson, Harold William⇗Completed MissionLead Group Low Squadron Lead.
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42‑107221⇗Sammons, Gerald Busby⇗Completed MissionLead Group.
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