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Mission # 134

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 13 June 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations Show Operations
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 134, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 409
Airfield Attacked
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The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew three groups to form the 41st A Combat Bombardment Wing, leading three Combat Wings on today's mission. The weather in the target area was CAVU and the primary target, an enemy airfield, was clearly visible. A visual bomb run was made, with good results. Colonel Smith led the mission, and recommended that for such targets, greater effectiveness could be achieved by assigning each group a different aiming point, and to slow down the release of the bombs slightly to spread the damage over a greater area.
Primary Target Target: Dreux Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Dreux, France
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (Visual)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 52
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 3
Aborted - 2
Mission Personnel Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗

57 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⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑31222⇗Melsen, Howard Carl⇗Completed MissionLow Group, High Squadron Deputy. Landed away at RAF Stansted, Essex, on return, due to bad weather.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31435⇗Pryor, Oliver McCoy⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31484⇗Van Every, Russell Meredith⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Alconbury, AAF Station 102, on return, due to bad weather.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37758⇗Keate, Richard Clifford⇗Completed MissionLanded away at RAF Tempsford, Bedfordshire, on return, due to bad weather.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37785⇗Summerville, Robert Dana⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37792⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑37822⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑37982⇗Melzar, Raymond Augustus⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Kings Cliffe, AAF Station 367, on return, due to bad weather.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38013⇗Shelley, John Keith⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Polebrook, AAF Station 110, on return, due to bad weather.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38208⇗Kelly, John Thomas⇗Completed MissionHigh Group Deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑39888⇗Gottfried, Raymond Nathan⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97139⇗Rucker, David Leroy⇗Completed MissionLanded away at RAF Stansted, Essex, on return, due to bad weather.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97150⇗Hannaford, Vernon Lloyal⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Polebrook, AAF Station 110, on return, due to bad weather.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97178⇗Peterson, Walter Thomas⇗Completed MissionLow Group, Low Squadron Deputy. Landed away at RAF Tempsford, Bedfordshire, on return, due to bad weather.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97201⇗Roth, Verle Leroy⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Polebrook, AAF Station 110, on return, due to bad weather.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97204⇗Pring, Robert Bradford⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Polebrook, AAF Station 110, on return, due to bad weather.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97237⇗Brown, Billie Barnard⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Polebrook, AAF Station 110, on return, due to bad weather.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97251⇗Rosborough, James Edward⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97263⇗Malone, John James⇗Completed MissionLanded away on return due to weather, location ambiguous: given variously as 'WETHERSFIELD' and 'STATION 165' (Wethersfield is Station 170, and Station 165 is Little Walden).
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97271⇗Birckhead, Robert Bruce⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Turned back over Deenethorpe when #4 engine caught fire and could not be feathered.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97273⇗Meland, Ralph Wendell⇗Completed MissionLow Group, High Squadron Lead. Landed away at RAF Stansted, Essex, on return, due to bad weather.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97282⇗Druckenmiller, Leon Charles⇗Completed MissionLead Group, Low Squadron Deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97309⇗Bagby, Donald Woods⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97320⇗Murchan, Lawrence Aloysius⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97367⇗MacFarlane, Menzies James⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97449⇗Stevens, Raymond Robert⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97510⇗Sullivan, James Dominic⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97521⇗Cranstoun, Richard Leroy⇗Completed MissionLanded away at RAF Tempsford, Bedfordshire, on return, due to bad weather.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97824⇗Lane, Edward William⇗Completed MissionLead Group, Wing Lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97948⇗Fitzgerald, Thomas Howard⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102430⇗Liebert, Jack Louis⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102442⇗Peterson, Harold William⇗Completed MissionLow Group, Low Squadron Lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102449⇗Brown, Donald Harold⇗Completed MissionHigh Group Lead. Landed away at Polebrook, AAF Station 110, on return, due to bad weather.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102459⇗Fairfield, William Adelbert⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102500⇗Shearer, Wilbur Lee⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102501⇗Gibson, James Allen⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102518⇗Dean, Ralph Merrick⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102601⇗Carey, Gates Chapman⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Polebrook, AAF Station 110, on return, due to bad weather.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102617⇗Rimbold, Arthur Arimese⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102933⇗Stills, James Vernon⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Steeple Morden, AAF Station 122, on return, due to bad weather.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102959⇗Halasz, John Julius⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Turned back over base at 0600 hrs because both air speed indicators were out.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107057⇗Ungerman, Kenneth Armistead⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Kimbolton, AAF Station 117, on return, due to bad weather.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107058⇗Peck, Harland Kenneth⇗Completed MissionLead Group, High Squadron Deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107121⇗Gowder, Charles Fred⇗Completed MissionLead Group, High Squadron Lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107125⇗Bennett, Dewayne (NMI)⇗Completed MissionLow Group Lead. Second Navigator: 2Lt Peterson (379th BG). Landed away at Polebrook, AAF Station 110, on return, due to bad weather.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107148⇗Pompe, Bernard Joseph⇗Completed MissionLow Group Deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107221⇗Kelley, Robert Encil⇗Completed MissionLead Group, Wing Deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107224⇗Finch, Francis Nelson⇗Completed MissionHigh Group, High Squadron Deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37703⇗Strong, Bert Franklin⇗Completed MissionHigh Group, High Squadron Lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6080⇗Menke, Robert Arthur⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Polebrook, AAF Station 110, on return, due to bad weather.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6105⇗Wortman, Marshall (NMI)⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Polebrook, AAF Station 110, on return, due to bad weather.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6109⇗Adams, William Lowell⇗Completed MissionLanded away at Polebrook, AAF Station 110, on return, due to bad weather.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6128⇗Wright, James Wiley⇗Completed MissionHigh Group, Low Squadron Lead. Landed away at Polebrook, AAF Station 110, on return, due to bad weather.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6135⇗Hale, Charles Eugene⇗Completed MissionHigh Group, Low Squadron Deputy. Landed away at Polebrook, AAF Station 110, on return, due to bad weather.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6141⇗James, Robert Huey⇗Completed MissionLead Group, Low Squadron Lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6147⇗Burkhard, James Albert⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗