Mission # 149

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date	30 June 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations	Show Operations > Mission 448: >> 153 bombers and 539 fighters are dispatched to attack airfields; 1 fighter is lost; of 75 B-17s, 39 hit Montdidier Airfield, 24 hit Le Culot Airfield and 11 hit Coxyde/Furnes Airfield, Belgium; 27 B-17s are damaged; of 78 B-24s, 35 hit Conches Airfield and 26 hit Evreux/Fauville Airfield, France without loss. >> Escort is provided by 168 of 178 P-51s without loss, and afterwards strafe marshalling yards, airfields, barges, barracks, a train, a factory, and a warehouse with good results. No enemy aircraft are encountered and no aircraft are lost. > Other P-38s, P-47s and P-51s hit bridges, marshalling yards and other targets in France; they claim 3-3-4 Luftwaffe aircraft in the air and 1-0-0 on the ground; 1 P-38 is lost (pilot is MIA) and 1 P-47 is damaged beyond repair (pilot is KIA). Source: Jack McKillop, Rutgers University, used with permission. Hide Operations
384^th Bomb Group Mission	384th BG Mission Number 149, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 448 Airfield Attacked Next Mission Previous Mission The 384th Bombardment Group (H) formed the entire 41st A Combat Bombardment Wing (H) on today's mission. Clouds completely hid the primary target, but the Gee-H system permitted accurate delivery of the bombs by each group in the wing.
Primary Target	Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Montdidier, France
Target Attacked (Mode)	Primary (Gee-H)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary	Completed Mission, not including spares - 36 Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 3 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	41st Wing, B Section, Group Deputy Lead, K. Ungerman, K. Myrick⇗

43 AIRCRAFT ASSIGNED TO THIS MISSION
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Aircraft	Pilot	Results	Mission/Sortie Information
42‑31435⇗	Druckenmiller, Leon Charles⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑32106⇗	Cranstoun, Richard Leroy⇗	Completed Mission	High Squadron lead, lead group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37788⇗	Menke, Robert Arthur⇗	Spare, Completed Mission	High group flying spare; joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37822⇗	[N/A]	Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
42‑38013⇗	Bahten, John Irwin⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38014⇗	Gowder, Charles Fred⇗	Completed Mission	Wing deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑39888⇗	Gottfried, Raymond Nathan⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97142⇗	Melsen, Howard Carl⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97150⇗	Hannaford, Vernon Lloyal⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97178⇗	[N/A]	Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
42‑97204⇗	Pring, Robert Bradford⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97263⇗	[N/A]	Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
42‑97271⇗	Young, Daniel Monroe⇗	Completed Mission	High Squadron deputy, lead group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97273⇗	[N/A]	Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
42‑97309⇗	Pluhar, Emil Edward⇗	Completed Mission	High Squadron deputy, low group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97320⇗	Combs, William Felix⇗	Spare, Completed Mission	Low group flying spare; joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97521⇗	Anderson, Earl Overlade⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97948⇗	Stills, James Vernon⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron lead, lead group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97960⇗	Shelley, John Keith⇗	Completed Mission	High group deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102430⇗	Heim, Gerard Anthony⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102449⇗	Wright, James Wiley⇗	Completed Mission	High group lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102459⇗	Norton, Paul E⇗	Completed Mission	High Squadron deputy, high group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102501⇗	Myrick, Kenneth Delay⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102566⇗	Olson, Norman (NMI)⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102601⇗	Carey, Gates Chapman⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron deputy, lead group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102617⇗	Rimbold, Arthur Arimese⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102620⇗	Shearer, Wilbur Lee⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102661⇗	Kelley, Robert Encil⇗	Completed Mission	Low group deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102675⇗	Fairfield, William Adelbert⇗	Completed Mission	Low group lead. Gee-H ship provided by the 379th BG, Kimbolton, AAF Station 117, for today's mission. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102959⇗	Halasz, John Julius⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron lead, low group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107057⇗	Pranger, Nicholas Vincent⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107058⇗	Rosborough, James Edward⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107064⇗	Grant, Walter Edward⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron deputy, high group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107125⇗	Ungerman, Kenneth Armistead⇗	Completed Mission	Wing lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107224⇗	Maggart, Richard Lee⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron deputy, low group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37703⇗	Thompson, Paul Waldron⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37713⇗	Sullivan, James Dominic⇗	Spare, Completed Mission	Lead group flying spare; joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37717⇗	Liebert, Jack Louis⇗	Completed Mission	High Squadron lead, high group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6080⇗	Koch, Robert Bruce⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron lead, high group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6105⇗	Dudock, Edward Peter⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6109⇗	Adams, William Lowell⇗	Completed Mission	High Squadron lead, low group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6141⇗	Durdin, Larkin Clayton⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6149⇗	Mount, Dick Wilson⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗