Mission # 125

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date	4 June 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations	Show Operations Three missions are flown to France. > Mission 389: >> The effort was to be divided between the Pas de Calais (COVER) area and the Normandy assault (NEPTUNE) area, however, D-Day was postponed 24 hrs and the NEPTUNE force was cancelled. 183 of 201 B-17s and 51 of 56 B-24s attack 7 targets in the Pas de Calais area; 10 B-17s are damaged; no casualties. Escorting are 130 P-47s and 42 P-51s; 2 P-51s are lost; no casualties. > Mission 390: >> 222 of 246 B-17s and 53 of 68 B-24s bomb 8 coastal defense positions in the same area using PFF; 1 B-17 is damaged beyond repair and 12 B-17s and 6 B-24s are damaged; 1 airman is KIA. > Mission 391: >> Consisted of 263 B-17s and 185 B-24s hitting airfields, railway junctions and bridges; of the B-17s, 96 hit the Massey/Palaiseau railroad bridge, 50 hit the Versailles/Metelots railroad bridge and 34 hit the Villeneuve/St George railroad bridge; of the B-24s, 23 hit Bourges Airfield, 72 hit the Romorantin/Prunieres Airfield, 56 hit the Avord Airfield, 55 hit the Bretigny Airfield and 8 hit the Melun bridges; 1 B-17 and 3 B-24s are damaged beyond repair; 34 B-17s and 27 B-24s are damaged; 10 airmen are KIA and 4 WIA. >> Escort is 135 P-47s and 277 P-51s; they claim 1-0-0 Luftwaffe aircraft; 1 P-51 is lost, 1 is damaged beyond repair and 1 damaged; no casualties. > 2 B-17s fly weather reconnaissance over the UK and the Atlantic. Source: Jack McKillop, Rutgers University, used with permission. Hide Operations
384^th Bomb Group Mission	384th BG Mission Number 125, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 389 Tactical Targets Again Next Mission Previous Mission The 41st Combat Bombardment Wing contributed three two-group wings for today's mission. The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the 41B Wing, in the Wing's Lead and Low Group positions. The Eighth Air Force continued the pressure on enemy ground forces ahead of the invasion with this attack on prepared artillery emplacements.
Primary Target	Target: Artillery Battery Type: Military Location: Hardelot (Boulogne area), France
Target Attacked (Mode)	Primary (Visual)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary	Completed Mission, not including spares - 35 Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 3 Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed - 1 Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 4 Aborted - 1
Mission Personnel	Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents	Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗

44 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
42‑3441⇗	Shelley, John Keith⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31222⇗	[N/A]	Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
42‑31484⇗	Pompe, Bernard Joseph⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Group, Low Squadron Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37785⇗	Strong, Bert Franklin⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off.	Lead Group. Turned back over Brighton because #2 engine was giving trouble and pulling only 17 inches, due to a hole in the exhaust collection ring. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37792⇗	Van Every, Russell Meredith⇗	Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed	Lead Group Flying Spare. Returned as briefed. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37822⇗	[N/A]	Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
42‑37974⇗	Halasz, John Julius⇗	Spare, Completed Mission	Lead group Flying Spare. Joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37982⇗	James, Robert Huey⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38013⇗	Hannaford, Vernon Lloyal⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38014⇗	[N/A]	Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
42‑38208⇗	Johnson, William T⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Group, Wing Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑39888⇗	[N/A]	Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
42‑97139⇗	June, Glenn Joseph⇗	Completed Mission	Low Group Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97142⇗	Malone, John James⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97150⇗	Menke, Robert Arthur⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97178⇗	Peterson, Walter Thomas⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Group, Low Squadron Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97188⇗	Eakins, Robert Nathanial⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97201⇗	Roth, Verle Leroy⇗	Completed Mission	Low Group; did not bomb target due to incorrectly set up intervalometer. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97204⇗	Pring, Robert Bradford⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97237⇗	Brown, Billie Barnard⇗	Completed Mission	Low Group, High Squadron Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97251⇗	Sullivan, James Dominic⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97271⇗	Birckhead, Robert Bruce⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97273⇗	Gibson, James Allen⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97282⇗	Melzar, Raymond Augustus⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97309⇗	Kirkpatrick, William Hugh⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Group, High Squadron Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97320⇗	Kelley, Robert Encil⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97449⇗	Wortman, Marshall (NMI)⇗	Completed Mission	Low Group, Low Squadron Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97521⇗	Burkhard, James Albert⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97533⇗	Nuttall, Alfred Charles⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Group, Wing Lead. PFF aircraft and unidentified crew members supplied by the 305th BG, Chelveston, AAF Station 105. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97637⇗	Stallings, Gordon Kenneth⇗	Completed Mission	Low Group Lead. PFF ship and unidentified crew members were supplied by the 305th BG, Chelveston, AAF Station 105. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102430⇗	Bagby, Donald Woods⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102442⇗	Cranstoun, Richard Leroy⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102459⇗	Rimbold, Arthur Arimese⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102500⇗	Rosborough, James Edward⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102501⇗	Fitzgerald, Thomas Howard⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102518⇗	Dean, Ralph Merrick⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102601⇗	Carey, Gates Chapman⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102617⇗	Gottfried, Raymond Nathan⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102620⇗	Shearer, Wilbur Lee⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102661⇗	Adams, William Lowell⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Group, High Squadron Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107057⇗	Peck, Harland Kenneth⇗	Spare, Completed Mission	Low Group Flying Spare. Joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107064⇗	Stevens, Raymond Robert⇗	Spare, Completed Mission	Low Group Flying Spare. Joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107121⇗	MacFarlane, Menzies James⇗	Completed Mission	Low Group, Low Squadron Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6080⇗	Kelly, John Thomas⇗	Completed Mission	Low Group, High Squadron Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗