Mission Date | 2 June 1944 |
384th Mission |
Mission Number 122
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8th Air Force Mission | Mission Number 384 (more...) |
Mission Comments |
Pre-Invasion Tactical Targets Colonel Dale O Smith led the 384th Bombardment Group (H) as the first Group of the 41st Combat Bombardment Wing on today's mission. The Groups of the Wing followed at 3 minute intervals, rather than the normal stacked Wing formation. The assigned target was attacked through solid cloud layers using PFF, with unobserved results.. |
Primary Target |
Target: Gun Battery with six 155mm guns, Tactical Support Type: Military Location: Hardelot (5 miles S of Boulogne), France |
Target Attacked (Mode) | Primary (PFF) |
Sortie/Aircraft Summary |
Completed Mission, not including spares - 19 Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 4 |
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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42‑3441⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
42‑31435⇗ | [N/A] | Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
42‑37758⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
42‑38013⇗ | Menke, Robert A ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑38014⇗ | [N/A] | Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
42‑38208⇗ | Shelley, John K ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97072⇗ | Thoma, Edward Paul ⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97139⇗ | June, Glenn Joseph ⇗ | Completed Mission | Group Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97150⇗ | MacFarlane, Menzies James ⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97201⇗ | Hannaford, Vernon Lloyal ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97204⇗ | Pring, Robert Bradford ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97251⇗ | Gibson, James Allen ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97273⇗ | Fitzgerald, Thomas Hayward ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97449⇗ | Wortman, Marshall (NMI) ⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97574⇗ | Morrison, Donald Sylvester ⇗ | Completed Mission | Group Lead. PFF aircraft and unidentified crew members supplied by the 305th BG, Chelveston, AAF Station 105. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑102500⇗ | Gowder, Charles Fred ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑102501⇗ | Rucker, David Leroy ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑102601⇗ | Carey, Gates Chapman ⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑102620⇗ | Sullivan, James Dominic ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑107057⇗ | Melsen, Howard Carl ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑107064⇗ | Stevens, Raymond Robert ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑107121⇗ | Ungerman, Kenneth Armistead ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6080⇗ | Brown, Billie Barnard ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |