Mission Date | 6 July 1944 |
Eighth Air Force Operations | Show Operations |
384th Bomb Group Mission |
384th BG Mission Number 152, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 456
Overcoming Weather Diffuculty For today's second mission, thirteen aircraft of the 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as a group (but designated as the 41st Combat Wing). The target name given is 'BLANC/PIGNON/FERME', which was located within the commune of Cléty, France. Obscuration of the target and maneuvering difficulties led the group to make three bomb runs, finally dropping on a target of opportunity (TOO) two miles north of the primary target, which the bombardier believed was a V-1 launch site under construction.
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Primary Target |
Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Blanc Pignon Ferme, Cléty, France |
Target Attacked (Mode) |
TOO (Visual) Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Two miles north of Cléty, France |
Sortie/Aircraft Summary |
Completed Mission, not including spares - 11 Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 1 Flight Completed - 1 Scrubbed - 1 Aborted - 1 |
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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42‑31484⇗ | Pompe, Bernard Joseph⇗ | Flight Completed | Weather aircraft; remainder of crew (CP, N, RO, Eng) not identified SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑38014⇗ | Gowder, Charles Fred⇗ | Completed Mission | Group deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97072⇗ | Murchan, Lawrence Aloysius⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97237⇗ | [N/A] | Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off | Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑6080. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97320⇗ | James, Robert Huey⇗ | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | Turned back with a feathered prop. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97367⇗ | Menke, Robert A⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑102617⇗ | Allred, Frank Lavon⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑102933⇗ | Ungerman, Kenneth Armistead⇗ | Completed Mission | Group lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑107058⇗ | Rucker, David Leroy⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑37717⇗ | Seitz, Harold Meade⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6080⇗ | Rooker, Billy Roy⇗ | Completed Mission | Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑97237. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6105⇗ | Sweeney, Ned Hardy⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6109⇗ | Bagby, Donald Woods⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6141⇗ | Melsen, Howard Carl⇗ | Spare, Completed Mission | Flying spare; joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6147⇗ | Olson, Norman (NMI)⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |