Mission # 144

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date	22 June 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations	Show Operations Because of the attack on B-17s at Poltava, USSR, on yesterday's shuttle mission, the B-17s at Mirgorod and P-51s at Piryatin are moved farther East; they are to be returned to Mirgorod and Piryatin to be dispatched to bases in Italy as soon as the weather permits; the move is fortunate as German bombers strike both Piryatin and Mirgorod during the night of 22/23 Jun. > Mission 431: In a morning mission 85 of 108 B-17s and 132 of 194 B-24s attack 12 CROSSBOW (V-weapon) installations in the Pas de Calais area; 1 B-17s is lost; 64 B-17s and 59 B-24s are damaged; 10 airmen are MIA. Escort is provided by 165 P-47s and 97 P-51s; some of the support fighters strafe coastal defenses; 1 P-51 is lost and 2 P-47s are damaged beyond repair; 1 pilot is KIA and 1 MIA. > Mission 432: During the afternoon 797 bombers are dispatched to attack 22 targets in France and Belgium; 9 bombers are lost: >> Air Task Force 1. Of 319 B-17s dispatched, 76 hit Lille/Fives marshalling yard, 69 hit Ghent/Maritime marshalling yard, 35 hit Rouen oil depot, 13 hit La Vaubaliers, 13 hit Furnes Airfield, 13 hit Tingry, 12 hit Abbeville, 12 hit a tank area N of Rouen, 12 hit Douai railroad, 11 hit Mazingarbe, 10 hit Pont a Vendin, 1 hits Douai railroad; 3 B-17s are lost, 1 damaged beyond repair and 81 damaged; 2 airmen are KIA, 5 WIA and 29 MIA. >>> Escort is provided by 108 P-47s; they claim 1-0-0 Luftwaffe aircraft. >> Air Task Force 2. Of 149 B-24s, 46 hit Guyancourt/Caudron Airfield, 43 hit St Cyr Airfield, 36 hit Buc Airfield, 13 hit targets of opportunity and 5 hit Tours/La Riche bridge; they claim 1-0-0 Luftwaffe aircraft; 67 B-24s are damaged; 1 airman is KIA and 3 MIA. >>> Escort is provided by 187 of 200 P-38s and 36 of 46 P-47s; they claim 1-0-0 Luftwaffe aircraft; 5 P-38s are lost (pilots are MIA) and 1 damaged beyond repair. >> Air Task Force 3. Of 216 B-17s, 70 hit Nucourt V-weapon site, 38 hit Brie-Comte-Robert Sug, 33 hit Etampes Airfield, 11 hit Lieusant railroad, 11 hit Melun bridge and 11 hit Melun marshalling yard; they claim 1-0-0 Luftwaffe aircraft; 4 B-17s are lost, 1 damaged beyond repair and 187 damaged; 2 airmen are KIA and 30 MIA. Of 113 B-24s, 101 hit an oil dump at Paris and 1 hits Dreux Airfield; 2 B-24s are lost, 3 damaged beyond repair and 37 damaged; 1 airman is KIA, 2 WIA and 23 MIA. >>> Escort is provided by 78 of 86 P-51s; 3 P-51s are lost (pilots are MIA). >> Air Task Force 4. 9 of 10 B-24s use Azon glide bombs against the Samur Bridge. >>> Escort is provided by 41 of 43 P-51s. > Mission 433: 1 B-17 flies a daylight leaflet mission to La Glacrie, France. > Mission 434: 9 of 9 B-17s drop leaflets in France and the Low Countries during the night. > 10 B-24s fly CARPETBAGGER missions in France during the night. Source: Jack McKillop, Rutgers University, used with permission. Hide Operations
384^th Bomb Group Mission	384th BG Mission Number 144, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 432 Transportation Attacked Next Mission Previous Mission The 384th Bombardment Group (H) led the 41st B Combat Bombardment Wing, and also provided the low group, on this afternoon's mission, the second of the day. The target was a marshalling yard east of Lille in the Fives district. Scattered low clouds challenged the bombardiers' skills, but bombs were dropped with good sighting by the use of visible reference points.
Primary Target	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Lille (Fives district), France
Target Attacked (Mode)	Primary (Visual)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary	Completed Mission, not including spares - 24 Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 4 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⇗
Other Mission Documents	1944-06-22, Wing Lead, D. Smith, G. Junes⇗

32 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
42‑37822⇗	[N/A]	Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
42‑37974⇗	Anderson, Earl Overlade⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37982⇗	Norton, Paul E⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38014⇗	[N/A]	Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
42‑38208⇗	Brown, Billie Barnard⇗	Completed Mission	Low group deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97150⇗	Koch, Robert Bruce⇗	Completed Mission	High Squadron deputy, low group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97201⇗	Lynch, Edward Thomas⇗	Spare, Completed Mission	Flying spare; joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97204⇗	Stevens, Raymond Robert⇗	Completed Mission	High Squadron lead, low group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97251⇗	Haning, John Milton⇗	Completed Mission	High Squadron deputy, lead group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97271⇗	Birckhead, Robert Bruce⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97282⇗	Druckenmiller, Leon Charles⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97309⇗	Kirkpatrick, William Hugh⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron lead, low group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97824⇗	June, Glenn Joseph⇗	Completed Mission	Wing lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97941⇗	Humbles, Alfred Thomas⇗	Completed Mission	Low group lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97948⇗	Stills, James Vernon⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102430⇗	Spiers, Paul Robert⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102459⇗	Wilson, Quentin (NMI)⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102500⇗	Rucker, David Leroy⇗	Completed Mission	High Squadron lead, lead group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102501⇗	Hayes, Edgar Jerome⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102617⇗	Allred, Frank Lavon⇗	Spare, Completed Mission	Flying spare; joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102620⇗	Shearer, Wilbur Lee⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107083⇗	Rosborough, James Edward⇗	Spare, Completed Mission	Flying spare; joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107121⇗	Ungerman, Kenneth Armistead⇗	Completed Mission	Wing deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107148⇗	[N/A]	Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
42‑107224⇗	Bagby, Donald Woods⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37703⇗	Murchan, Lawrence Aloysius⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37717⇗	Liebert, Jack Louis⇗	Spare, Completed Mission	Flying spare; joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6080⇗	Bahten, John Irwin⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6105⇗	[N/A]	Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
44‑6109⇗	Keate, Richard Clifford⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6141⇗	Halasz, John Julius⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron lead, lead group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6149⇗	MacFarlane, Menzies James⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗