Mission # 141

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date	20 June 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations	Show Operations > Mission 425: In the morning 1,548 bombers are dispatched to attack 14 strategic targets in N Germany and V-weapon sites in France; 49 bombers are lost: >> Air Task Force #1. 126 of 146 B-24s bomb V-weapon sites in the Pas de Calais area; 1 B-24 is lost, 1 damaged beyond repair and 83 damaged; 4 airmen are KIA, 8 WIA and 24 MIA. Escort is provided by 44 P-47s; they claim 3-0-0 Luftwaffe aircraft; 1 P-47 is lost (pilot is MIA). >> Air Task Force #2. Of 341 B-17s dispatched, 137 hit Fallersleben, 95 hit Magdeburg/Rothensee and 52 hit Konigsberg; they claim 2-0-6 Luftwaffe aircraft; 6 B-17s re lost, 2 damaged beyond repair and 116 damaged; 11 airmen are WIA and 60 MIA. Of 191 B-24s, 169 hit Hannover/Misburg and 3 hit a target of opportunity; 1 B-24 is lost, 1 damaged beyond repair and 89 damaged; 4 airmen are KIA, 6 WIA and 9 MIA. Escort is provided by 98 P-38s, 86 P-47s and 38 P-51s and 81 Ninth Air Force P-51s; they claim 10-1-10 Luftwaffe aircraft in the air and 8-0-3 on the ground; 1 P-38, 1 P-47 and 1 P-51 are lost (2 pilots MIA). >> Air Task Force #3. Of 512 B-17s dispatched, 107 hit Hamburg/Eurotank oil refinery, 60 hit Harburg/Ebano oil refinery, 54 hit Hamburg/Schliemanns oil refinery, 53 hit Harburg/Rhenania oil refinery, 53 hit Hamburg/Deut.Petr.AG, 50 hit Hamburg/Rhenania-Ossag oil refinery, 26 hit Hamburg/Schindler oil refinery, 12 hit Brunsbuttel canal lock and 2 hit targets of opportunity; 7 B-17s are lost and 349 damaged; 1 airman is KIA, 13 WIA and 63 MIA. >> Escort is provided by 96 P-38s and 48 P-47s without claims or loss. >> Air Task Force #4. Of 358 B-24s, 245 hit Politz, 71 bomb Ostermoor and 12 hit targets of opportunity; they claim 10-3-2 Luftwaffe aircraft; 34 B-24s are lost and 205 damaged; 3 airmen are KIA, 6 WIA and 343 MIA. Escort is provided by 50 P-38s and 221 P-51s; they claim 28-1-9 Luftwaffe aircraft in the air and 5-0-9 on the ground; 3 P-38s are lost. > Mission 426: >> In the afternoon, 33 of 37 B-17s and 196 of 380 B-24s attack 10 V-weapon sites in the Pas de Calais area; 1 B-24 is lost and 96 damaged. >> Escort is provided by 72 P-47s and 40 P-51s without loss. > Mission 427: 5 of 5 B-17s drop leaflets in France during the night. > 25 B-24s fly CARPETBAGGER missions in France. Source: Jack McKillop, Rutgers University, used with permission. Hide Operations
384^th Bomb Group Mission	384th BG Mission Number 141, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 425 Oil Refineries Targeted Next Mission Previous Mission The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided aircraft and crews for the lead and low groups of the 41st B Combat Bombardment Wing, the second of nine Wings comprising Mission 425 Air Task Force #3 for today's mission. The target area weather was generally clear, and bombs were away visually with good results. After bombs away the low group became separated from the wing leaders (probably due to the damage and injuries on the lead ship) and tacked on to a wing with the 401st BG, flying back to the English coast with them. According to one 384th crewmember, the flames and smoke rose above the attack altitude (~27,000') and a crewmember from another group reported the smoke was clearly visible the next day from bombers returning from Berlin.
Primary Target	Target: Oil Refineries Type: Oil Industry Location: Harburg (Hamburg area), Germany
Target Attacked (Mode)	Primary (Visual)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary	Completed Mission, not including spares - 35 Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed - 3 Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 2 Scrubbed - 2 Aborted - 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	20 June 1944 Strike Photo Overlay⇓ (1.271 MB)

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
42‑32106⇗	Bagby, Donald Woods⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37822⇗	[N/A]	Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
42‑37974⇗	Allred, Frank Lavon⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38013⇗	Shelley, John Keith⇗	Completed Mission	Low Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38014⇗	June, Glenn Joseph⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off.	Low Group Lead. Turned back at 0820 hrs when #3 oil line broke and #3 engine had to be feathered; #2 engine was smoking. Landed away at RAF Folkingham, Lincolnshire. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38208⇗	Wright, James Wiley⇗	Completed Mission	Low Group, High Squadron Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97142⇗	Haning, John Milton⇗	Completed Mission	Low Group, #3 position. Led group after designated Group Lead (Stallings/June) aborted, and Deputy Lead (Thoma) was killed on the bomb run. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97150⇗	Bahten, John Irwin⇗	Completed Mission	Low Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97178⇗	[N/A]	Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off	Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑97273. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97204⇗	Koch, Robert Bruce⇗	Completed Mission	Low Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97251⇗	Gibson, James Allen⇗	Completed Mission	Low Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97263⇗	Rooker, Billy Roy⇗	Completed Mission	Low Group, Low Squadron Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97271⇗	Keate, Richard Clifford⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97273⇗	Peterson, Walter Thomas⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Group, Low Squadron Deputy. Ground Spare Aircraft. Replaced 42‑97178. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97282⇗	Druckenmiller, Leon Charles⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97521⇗	[N/A]	Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off	Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑107057. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97574⇗	Kelsay, Omar Frank⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Group, Wing Deputy. This PFF ship was provided by the 305th BG, with a radar navigator, 1Lt Albert G D'Amico, from the 306th BG. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97699⇗	Pryor, Raymond Thomas⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Group, Wing Lead. PFF ship provided by 305th BG, Chelveston, AAF Station 105. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97948⇗	Stills, James Vernon⇗	Completed Mission	Low Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102430⇗	Heim, Gerard Anthony⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102442⇗	Peterson, Harold William⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102459⇗	Wilson, Quentin (NMI)⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102500⇗	Gowder, Charles Fred⇗	Completed Mission	Low Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102501⇗	Ungerman, Kenneth Armistead⇗	Completed Mission	Low Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102518⇗	Dean, Ralph Merrick⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Group, Low Squadron Lead SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102601⇗	Carey, Gates Chapman⇗	Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102620⇗	Shearer, Wilbur Lee⇗	Completed Mission	Low Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102933⇗	Thoma, Edward Paul⇗	Completed Mission	Low Group Deputy. Assumed lead after Stallings aborted; Thoma (pilot) killed by flak over target, co-pilot and navigator seriously wounded. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102959⇗	Murchan, Lawrence Aloysius⇗	Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107057⇗	Anderson, Earl Overlade⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Group, High Squadron Deputy. Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑97521. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107064⇗	Stevens, Raymond Robert⇗	Completed Mission	Low Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107125⇗	[N/A]	Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
42‑107221⇗	Strong, Bert Franklin⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107224⇗	Maggart, Richard Lee⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37703⇗	Melzar, Raymond Augustus⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37713⇗	Rucker, David Leroy⇗	Completed Mission	Low Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37717⇗	Kirkpatrick, William Hugh⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Group, High Squadron Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6080⇗	MacFarlane, Menzies James⇗	Completed Mission	Low Group, High Squadron Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6105⇗	Wortman, Marshall (NMI)⇗	Completed Mission	Low Group, Low Squadron Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6109⇗	Adams, William Lowell⇗	Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6141⇗	Gottfried, Raymond Nathan⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6147⇗	Burkhard, James Albert⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6149⇗	Roth, Verle Leroy⇗	Completed Mission	Low Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗