Mission Date | 5 June 1944 |
Eighth Air Force Operations | Show Operations |
Mission |
384th BG Mission Number 126, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 392
Two Targets Attacked The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided three 12-aircraft groups forming the 41st A Combat Bombardment Wing for today's mission. The 41A Wing led this 1st Air Division Air Task Force of six Wings. While the High and Low Groups bombed the primary on the first run, the Lead Group had trouble locating the target with enough accuracy to release its bombs. After a second unsuccessful run, the Lead Group attacked a target of opportunity (TOO) - another artillery battery - near Morsalines, France.
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Primary Target |
Target: Field Artillery Battery Type: Military Location: La Fosse, France |
Target Attacked (Mode) | Primary (Visual) |
Sortie/Aircraft Summary |
Completed Mission, not including spares - 36 Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed - 3 Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 2 Scrubbed - 1 |
Mission Personnel | Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗ |
Mission Documents | Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗ |
Other Mission Documents | 1944-06-05, Low Group Lead, Lead Crew Photo, O. Parks, D. Bennett⇗ 1944-06-05, High Group Lead, Lead Crew Photo, Stallings, C. G. Smith⇗ |
Aircraft | Pilot | Results | Mission/Sortie Information |
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42‑3441⇗ | Menke, Robert Arthur⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑31484⇗ | Pompe, Bernard Joseph⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Group Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑37792⇗ | [N/A] | Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off | Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑102459. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑37822⇗ | Halasz, John Julius⇗ | Completed Mission | High Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑37974⇗ | Gottfried, Raymond Nathan⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑37982⇗ | James, Robert Huey⇗ | Completed Mission | High Group, High Squadron Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑38013⇗ | Shelley, John Keith⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑38014⇗ | Smith, Charles Grover⇗ | Completed Mission | High Group Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑38208⇗ | Kelly, John Thomas⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead Group, Wing Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑39888⇗ | Maggart, Richard Lee⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97139⇗ | [N/A] | Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
42‑97142⇗ | June, Glenn Joseph⇗ | Completed Mission | High Group Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97150⇗ | Hannaford, Vernon Lloyal⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97178⇗ | Burkhard, James Albert⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Group, Low Squadron Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97188⇗ | Eakins, Robert Nathanial⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead Group, High Squadron Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97201⇗ | Roth, Verle Leroy⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead Group, Low Squadron Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97204⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
42‑97237⇗ | Humbles, Alfred Thomas⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead Group, Low Squadron Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97271⇗ | Birckhead, Robert Bruce⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97273⇗ | Gibson, James Allen⇗ | Completed Mission | High Group, Low Squadron Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97282⇗ | Melzar, Raymond Augustus⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Group, High Squadron Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97309⇗ | Kirkpatrick, William Hugh⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97320⇗ | Kelley, Robert Encil⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead Group, High Squadron Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97449⇗ | Pring, Robert Bradford⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97510⇗ | Carey, Gates Chapman⇗ | Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97521⇗ | Cranstoun, Richard Leroy⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97574⇗ | Pryor, Raymond Thomas⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead Group, Wing Lead. PFF ship and unidentified crew members provided by the 305th BG, Chelveston, AAF Station 105. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑102430⇗ | Bagby, Donald Woods⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑102442⇗ | Peterson, Harold William⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Group, Low Squadron Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑102459⇗ | Liebert, Jack Louis⇗ | Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed | Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑37792. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑102500⇗ | Gowder, Charles Fred⇗ | Completed Mission | High Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑102501⇗ | Rucker, David Leroy⇗ | Completed Mission | High Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑102518⇗ | Adams, William Lowell⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑102601⇗ | Thoma, Edward Paul⇗ | Completed Mission | High Group, Low Squadron Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑102617⇗ | Rimbold, Arthur Arimese⇗ | Completed Mission | High Group, High Squadron Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑102620⇗ | Fitzgerald, Thomas Howard⇗ | Completed Mission | High Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑102661⇗ | Strong, Bert Franklin⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Group, High Squadron Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑107057⇗ | Ungerman, Kenneth Armistead⇗ | Completed Mission | High Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑107058⇗ | Peck, Harland Kenneth⇗ | Completed Mission | High Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑107064⇗ | Stevens, Raymond Robert⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑107148⇗ | Bennett, Dewayne (NMI)⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Group Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6080⇗ | Brown, Billie Barnard⇗ | Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |