Mission Date | 7 June 1944 |
384th Mission |
Mission Number 130
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8th Air Force Mission | Mission Number 397 (more...) |
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⇗ |
Aircraft | Pilot | Results | Mission/Sortie Information |
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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 ⇗ | Aborted | Turned back; superchargers ran away and became uncontrollable. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑37822⇗ | Halasz, John Julius ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑37982⇗ | James, Robert Huey ⇗ | Completed Mission | Low 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 Mission | Low Group, Low Squadron Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97201⇗ | Roth, Verle Leroy ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97204⇗ | Pring, Robert Bradford ⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead Group, High Squadron Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97237⇗ | Humbles, Alfred T ⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead Group, Low Squadron Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97251⇗ | June, Glenn Joseph ⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead Group, Wing Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97263⇗ | Kelly, John Thomas ⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead 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 Mission | Low 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 Mission | Lead 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 Mission | Lead 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 Mission | Low 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 Mission | Low Group Lead. Gee-H ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑107148⇗ | Pompe, Bernard Joseph ⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Group Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6080⇗ | Hale, Charles Eugene ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |