Mission # 130

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 7 June 1944
384th Mission
Mission Number 130
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Mission Comments Bombers Cut Transport Routes
The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided the Lead and Low Groups for the 41st B Combat Bombardment Wing on today's mission. Tactical support for the invasion was provided with an attack on transport routes through and around Caen. Bombs were dropped using Gee-H aiming.
Primary Target Target: Transportation Hub
Type: Military
Location: Caen, France
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (Gee-H)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 35
Aborted - 1
Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 4
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 3
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
Table is sorted by Pilot, and may be sorted by any column: click the column head.
Aircraft Pilot Results Mission/Sortie Information
42‑3441⇗Hannaford, Vernon Lloyal ⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31222⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft,
Unused		 
42‑31435⇗Bagby, Donald Woods ⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑32106⇗Cranstoun, Richard Leroy ⇗Flying Spare,
Completed Mission		Low Group Flying Spare. Joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37776⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft,
Unused		 
42‑37785⇗Melzar, Raymond Augustus ⇗AbortedTurned back; superchargers ran away and became uncontrollable.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37822⇗Halasz, John Julius ⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37982⇗James, Robert Huey ⇗Completed MissionLow Group, High Squadron Deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38013⇗Shelley, John K ⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑39888⇗Gottfried, Raymond Nathan ⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97142⇗Melsen, Howard Carl ⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97150⇗Brown, Billie Barnard ⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97188⇗Eakins, Robert Nathanial ⇗Completed MissionLow Group, Low Squadron Deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97201⇗Roth, Verle Leroy ⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97204⇗Pring, Robert Bradford ⇗Completed MissionLead Group, High Squadron Deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97237⇗Humbles, Alfred T ⇗Completed MissionLead Group, Low Squadron Lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97251⇗June, Glenn Joseph ⇗Completed MissionLead Group, Wing Deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97263⇗Kelly, John Thomas ⇗Completed MissionLead Group, High Squadron Lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97271⇗Birckhead, Robert Bruce ⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97282⇗Fairfield, William Adelbert ⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97309⇗Peterson, Walter Thomas ⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97320⇗Kelley, Robert Encil ⇗Completed MissionLow Group, High Squadron Lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97510⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft,
Unused		 
42‑97521⇗Burkhard, James Albert ⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97960⇗Wortman, Marshall (NMI) ⇗Completed MissionLead Group, Low Squadron Deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102430⇗Adams, William Lowell ⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102442⇗Keate, Richard Clifford ⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102449⇗Smith, Charles Grover ⇗Completed MissionLead Group, Wing Lead. Gee-H ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102459⇗Maggart, Richard Lee ⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102500⇗Fitzgerald, Thomas Hayward ⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102501⇗Rucker, David Leroy ⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102518⇗Dean, Ralph Merrick ⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102601⇗Carey, Gates Chapman ⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102617⇗Rimbold, Arthur Arimese ⇗Flying Spare,
Completed Mission		Low Group Flying Spare. Joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102620⇗Thoma, Edward Paul ⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102661⇗Strong, Bert F ⇗Completed MissionLow Group, Low Squadron Lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107057⇗Gibson, James Allen ⇗Flying Spare,
Completed Mission		Lead Group Flying Spare. Joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107058⇗Sullivan, James Dominic ⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107064⇗MacFarlane, Menzies James ⇗Flying Spare,
Completed Mission		Lead Group Flying Spare. Joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107121⇗Malone, John J ⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107125⇗Helmley, Loyd Elmer ⇗Completed MissionLow Group Lead. Gee-H ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107148⇗Pompe, Bernard Joseph ⇗Completed MissionLow Group Deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6080⇗Hale, Charles Eugene ⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗