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OCTOBER 19-23

Mission # 128

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 6 June 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations Show Operations
384th Bomb Group Mission
384th BG Mission Number 128, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 394
Tactical Bridges Targeted
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The second D-Day mission for the 384th Bombardment Group (H) sent five Squadrons, referred to as I, J, K, L, and M Squadrons in mission records, to knock out important bridges behind the invasion beaches as units of Air Task Force #2. These formations included two PFF-equipped aircraft from the 305th BG. All B-17s on this mission dropped their 500- and 1000-pound bombs on signal from the Lead PFF ships, with unobserved results.
Primary Target Target: Two Bridges
Type: Transportation
Location: Caen, France
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (PFF)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 30
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⇗

34 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
42‑31435⇗[N/A]Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑37822⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑37982⇗Maggart, Richard Lee⇗Completed MissionL Squadron.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38013⇗Shelley, John K⇗Completed MissionM Squadron.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38014⇗Smith, Charles Grover⇗Completed MissionJ Squadron Lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38208⇗Kelly, John Thomas⇗Completed MissionK Squadron Lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑39888⇗Gottfried, Raymond Nathan⇗Completed MissionI Squadron.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97139⇗Thoma, Edward Paul⇗Completed MissionJ Squadron Deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97142⇗Malone, John James⇗Completed MissionJ Squadron.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97150⇗Hannaford, Vernon Lloyal⇗Completed MissionM Squadron.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97188⇗Eakins, Robert Nathanial⇗Completed MissionL Squadron.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97201⇗Roth, Verle Leroy⇗Completed MissionK Squadron.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97204⇗Pring, Robert Bradford⇗Completed MissionK Squadron Deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97237⇗Hale, Charles Eugene⇗Completed MissionK Squadron.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97251⇗Gowder, Charles Fred⇗Completed MissionM Squadron Deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97282⇗Strong, Bert Franklin⇗Completed MissionL Squadron.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97320⇗Melzar, Raymond Augustus⇗Completed MissionI Squadron.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97510⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑97574⇗Morrison, Donald Sylvester⇗Completed MissionI Squadron Lead. PFF ship and unidentified crew members provided by the 305th BG, Chelveston, AAF Station 105. Col. William L Travis, 41st Bomb Wing, aboard as I Group combat flight leader.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97699⇗Pryor, Raymond Thomas⇗Completed MissionL Squadron Lead. PFF ship and unidentified crew members provided by the 305th BG, Chelveston, AAF Station 105.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97960⇗Brown, Billie Barnard⇗Completed MissionK Squadron.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102430⇗Liebert, Jack Louis⇗Completed MissionL Squadron.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102459⇗Fairfield, William Adelbert⇗Completed MissionI Squadron.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102500⇗Wortman, Marshall (NMI)⇗Completed MissionM Squadron.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102501⇗Fitzgerald, Thomas Hayward⇗Completed MissionJ Squadron.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102518⇗Peterson, Walter Thomas⇗Completed MissionL Squadron deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102601⇗Gibson, James Allen⇗Completed MissionJ Squadron.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102617⇗Rimbold, Arthur Arimese⇗Completed MissionI Squadron.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102620⇗Melsen, Howard Carl⇗Completed MissionJ Squadron.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102661⇗Kelley, Robert Encil⇗Completed MissionI Squadron deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107057⇗Peck, Harland Kenneth⇗Completed MissionM Squadron.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107064⇗MacFarlane, Menzies James⇗Completed MissionK Squadron.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107121⇗June, Glenn Joseph⇗Completed MissionM Squadron Lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6080⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused