Mission # 119

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date	29 May 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations	Show Operations > Mission 379: 993 bombers and 673 fighters are dispatched to attack aircraft plants and oil installations in Germany and Poland; they claim 117-38-49 Luftwaffe aircraft; 34 bombers and 10 fighters are lost: >> Air Task Force 1. 443 B-24s are dispatched to hit an oil terminal at Politz (224 bomb) and airfield and aircraft assembly plant at Tutow (167 bomb); 14 hit Rensburg Airfield, 9 hit Misdroy and 1 hits Schwerin; they claim 29-15-10 Luftwaffe aircraft; 17 B-24s are lost, 3 damaged beyond repair and 150 damaged; 2 airmen are KIA, 10 WIA and 161 MIA. >> Air Task Force 2. 251 B-17s are dispatched to hit aviation industry targets at Leipzig/ Mockau (149 bomb) and Leipzig/Heiterblick (50 bomb); 4 others hit targets of opportunity; they claim 11-4-5 Luftwaffe aircraft; 9 B-17s are lost and 80 damaged; 3 airmen are WIA and 90 MIA. >> Air Task Force 3. 299 B-17s are dispatched to hit aviation industry targets at Krzesinki (91 bomb) and Posen (58 bomb), Poland and Sorau (52 bomb) and Cottbus (48 bomb), Germany; 19 others hit Schneidemuhl Airfield and 2 hit targets of opportunity; they claim 22-18-14 Luftwaffe aircraft; 8 B-17s are lost and 97 damaged; 5 airmen are WIA and 67 MIA. >> Escort is provided by 184 P-38s, 187 P-47s and 302 P-51s; the P-38s claim none and none are lost; the P-47s claim 1-0-1 Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of 4 P-47s (3 pilots are MIA) and 3 damaged; the P-52s claim 38-1-4 Luftwaffe aircraft in the air and 16-0-15 on the ground with the loss of 6 P-51s (5 pilots are MIA) and 6 damaged. >> 592 Ninth Air Force fighters also support the mission; they claim 1-0-0 Luftwaffe aircraft and lose 2 fighters. > 23 B-24s are dispatched on CARPETBAGGER missions; 1 is lost. Source: Jack McKillop, Rutgers University, used with permission. Hide Operations
384^th Bomb Group Mission	384th BG Mission Number 119, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 379 Long Mission, Good Bombing Next Mission Previous Mission The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew two group-size formations on today's mission as the Lead and Low Groups of the 41st B Combat Bombardment Wing, the third of five Wings in Air Task Force Three. With CAVU conditions in the primary target area, bombs were placed right on the primary target.
Primary Target	Target: Focke-Wulf Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Krzesiny District, Poznań, Poland
Target Attacked (Mode)	Primary (Visual)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary	Completed Mission, not including spares - 37 Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 2 Scrubbed - 1 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⇗

43 AIRCRAFT ASSIGNED TO THIS MISSION
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Aircraft	Pilot	Results	Mission/Sortie Information
42‑3441⇗	Inman, Loren Alexander⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off.	Low Group, Low Squadron Deputy. Turned back at 0944 hrs because an oil pressure line broke; the engine caught fire and had to be feathered. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31222⇗	Rucker, David Leroy⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31484⇗	Armstrong, Lloyd Rowland⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Group, Wing Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37758⇗	Bagby, Donald Woods⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Group, High Squadron Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37776⇗	Stevens, Raymond Robert⇗	Completed Mission	Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑97150. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37785⇗	[N/A]	Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
42‑37974⇗	Halasz, John Julius⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37982⇗	James, Robert Huey⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38014⇗	Berbrich, John Martin⇗	Completed Mission	Low Group Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑39888⇗	Gottfried, Raymond Nathan⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97072⇗	Wright, James Wiley⇗	Completed Mission	Low Group, High Squadron Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97139⇗	Courtemanche, Ralph Eudor⇗	Completed Mission	Low Group Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97142⇗	Gibson, James Allen⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97150⇗	[N/A]	Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off	Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑37776. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97178⇗	Peterson, Walter Thomas⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97188⇗	Maggart, Richard Lee⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97201⇗	MacFarlane, Menzies James⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97237⇗	Hale, Charles Eugene⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97251⇗	Thoma, Edward Paul⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97263⇗	Brown, Donald Harold⇗	Completed Mission	Low Group, Low Squadron Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97271⇗	Birckhead, Robert Bruce⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97273⇗	Peck, Harland Kenneth⇗	Completed Mission	Low Group, High Squadron Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97282⇗	Rimbold, Arthur Arimese⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97309⇗	Burkhard, James Albert⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97320⇗	Kelley, Robert Encil⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Group, Low Squadron Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97449⇗	Wortman, Marshall (NMI)⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97521⇗	Van Every, Russell Meredith⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97573⇗	Moore, Mark (NMI)⇗	Failed To Return	Apparently struck by flak, 'fell out of formation and dropped down in a right turn and swung around to 6 o'clock low. Five to nine chutes have been reported as emerging.' There may have been fires aboard. Aircraft apparently exploded in mid-air. MACR 5318 SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97824⇗	Strong, Bert Franklin⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102430⇗	Adams, William Lowell⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102442⇗	Dean, Ralph Merrick⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102449⇗	[N/A]	Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
42‑102500⇗	Melsen, Howard Carl⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102501⇗	Malone, John James⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102601⇗	Shearer, Wilbur Lee⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102617⇗	Brown, Billie Barnard⇗	Completed Mission	Low Group. Assumed Low Squadron Deputy position after Inman aborted. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102620⇗	Fitzgerald, Thomas Howard⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off.	Turned back at a point 15 miles NE of field due to oil leaking from cooler of #2 engine. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102661⇗	Sammons, Gerald Busby⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Group, Low Squadron Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107057⇗	Rosborough, James Edward⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107121⇗	Ungerman, Kenneth Armistead⇗	Completed Mission	Landed away at RAF Oulton, Norfolk, on return due to fuel leak between #1 and #2 engines after bombing target. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107125⇗	Bennett, Dewayne (NMI)⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Group, Wing Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107148⇗	Liebert, Jack Louis⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107221⇗	Lane, Edward William⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Group, High Squadron Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗