384th 2025 REUNION
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Mission # 152

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 6 July 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations Show Operations
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 152, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 456
Overcoming Weather Diffuculty
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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.
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⇗

15 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
42‑31484⇗Pompe, Bernard Joseph⇗Flight CompletedWeather aircraft; remainder of crew (CP, N, RO, Eng) not identified
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38014⇗Gowder, Charles Fred⇗Completed MissionGroup deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97072⇗Murchan, Lawrence Aloysius⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97237⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced 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 Arthur⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102617⇗Allred, Frank Lavon⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102933⇗Ungerman, Kenneth Armistead⇗Completed MissionGroup 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 MissionGround 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 MissionFlying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6147⇗Olson, Norman (NMI)⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗