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8 July 1944 |
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Eighth Air Force Operations
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> Mission 460: 1,029 bombers and 714 fighters, in four forces, are dispatched to hit bridges, tunnels, rail targets and NOBALL (V-weapon) sites in France; only 462 aircraft bomb due to bad weather; 9 bombers and 1 fighter are lost:
>> Air Task Force 1. Of 331 B-24s, 14 hit Schore Bridge, 9 hit Welle Bridge, 1 hits Orsel Airfield and 1 hits a target of opportunity; 20 B-24s are damaged; escort is provided by 266 P-38s and P-51s; they claim 20-0-19 Luftwaffe aircraft on the ground; 1 P-51 is lost (pilot is MIA).
>> Air Task Force 2. Of 304 B-17s, 61 hit Poix Airfield, 49 hit V-1 sites, 37 hit Etaples Bridge, 13 hit a road junction, 12 hit Abbeville Airfield and 11 hit Etaples choke point; 4 B-17s are lost, 2 are damaged beyond repair and 90 damaged; 2 airmen are KIA, 7 WIA and 32 MIA. Escort is provided by 36 of 39 P-47s.
>> Air Task Force 3. Of 130 B-24s, 71 hit V-1 sites, 13 hit St Vallery en Caux Airfield and 11 hit Abbeville railroad junction; 3 B-17s are damaged beyond repair and 27 are damaged.
>> Air Task Force 4. Of 264 B-17s, 21 hit Jaigle, 20 hit Barenton and 10 hit Chandai rail junctions, 11 hit Nantes/Gassicourt Bridge, 11 hit Nantes railroad bridge, 9 hit railroad tracks at Yvetot, 11 hit Nogent and 6 hit Rouen marshalling yards, 24 hit Conches and 11 hit St Andre de l'Eure Airfields and 25 hit targets of opportunity; 5 B-17s are lost, 2 damaged beyond repair and 98 damaged; 4 airmen are KIA, 16 WIA and 51 MIA.
>> Forces 3 and 4 are escorted by 286 P-38s, P-47s and P-51s; they claim 0-0-1 Luftwaffe aircraft on the ground.
> 86 of 91 P-47s bomb St Andre de l'Eure Airfield without loss.
> Mission 461: 4 of 5 B-17s drop leaflets in France during the night.
> 17 B-24s are dispatched on CARPETBAGGER missions.
Source: Jack McKillop, Rutgers University, used with permission.
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| Mission |
384th BG Mission Number 154, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 460
Weather Hides Primary Target
The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided all three group formations of the 41st A Combat Bombardment Wing. Weather concealed the primary target, and with limited visibility of the ground, the lead group was unable to find an authorized target of opportunity to attack: the high and low groups independently dropped their bombs on a Luftwaffe airfield just north of Poix.
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| Primary Target |
Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Renescure, France |
| Target Attacked (Mode) |
TOO (Visual)
Target: Poix Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Poix-de-Picardie, France |
| 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
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| Mission Documents |
Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗ |
| Other Mission Documents |
1944-07-08, Wing Lead, M. Wortman, R. Koch⇗ |
43 AIRCRAFT ASSIGNED TO THIS MISSION
Table is sorted by Pilot, and may be sorted by any column: click the column head.
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| 42‑31484⇗ | Cranstoun, Richard Leroy⇗ | Completed Mission | High section lead, low group.
SORTIE REPORT
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| 42‑32106⇗ | Young, Daniel Monroe⇗ | Completed Mission | High section deputy, lead group.
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| 42‑37788⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 42‑37974⇗ | Murchan, Lawrence Aloysius⇗ | Spare, Completed Mission | Low group flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT
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| 42‑37982⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 42‑38014⇗ | Carey, Gates Chapman⇗ | Completed Mission | High group deputy.
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| 42‑97072⇗ | Combs, William Felix⇗ | Completed Mission | Low group. Did not attack target due to mechanical failure and brought bombs back to base
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| 42‑97142⇗ | Jennings, William Cornelius⇗ | Spare, Completed Mission | High group flying spare; joined formation.
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| 42‑97150⇗ | Neville, Harry Walter⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead group.
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| 42‑97201⇗ | Coleman, Lee Browning⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead group.
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| 42‑97237⇗ | Pring, Robert Bradford⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead group.
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| 42‑97251⇗ | Rosborough, James Edward⇗ | Completed Mission | High group.
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| 42‑97309⇗ | Pluhar, Emil Edward⇗ | Completed Mission | High group.
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| 42‑97367⇗ | Bahten, John Irwin⇗ | Spare, Completed Mission | Lead group flying spare; joined formation.
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| 42‑97449⇗ | Sweeney, Ned Hardy⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron deputy, lead group.
SORTIE REPORT
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| 42‑97510⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 42‑97521⇗ | Herzog, John Henry⇗ | Completed Mission | High section deputy, high group.
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| 42‑97824⇗ | Fairfield, William Adelbert⇗ | Completed Mission | Low group lead.
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| 42‑97960⇗ | Koch, Robert Bruce⇗ | Completed Mission | Wing lead.
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| 42‑102430⇗ | Seitz, Harold Meade⇗ | Completed Mission | Low group.
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| 42‑102459⇗ | Durdin, Larkin Clayton⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron deputy, low group.
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| 42‑102500⇗ | Pranger, Nicholas Vincent⇗ | Completed Mission | High group.
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| 42‑102501⇗ | Endelicato, Marion (NMI)⇗ | Completed Mission | High group.
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| 42‑102518⇗ | Spiers, Paul Robert⇗ | Completed Mission | High section lead, lead group.
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| 42‑102566⇗ | Minor, Henry W⇗ | Completed Mission | High section deputy, low group.
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| 42‑102617⇗ | Rimbold, Arthur Arimese⇗ | Completed Mission | Low group.
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| 42‑102620⇗ | Gibson, James Allen⇗ | Completed Mission | High group.
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| 42‑102661⇗ | Strong, Bert Franklin⇗ | Completed Mission | Low group deputy.
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| 42‑102933⇗ | Meland, Ralph Wendell⇗ | Completed Mission | High group lead.
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| 42‑102959⇗ | Thompson, Paul Waldron⇗ | Completed Mission | Low group.
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| 42‑107058⇗ | Myrick, Kenneth Delay⇗ | Completed Mission | High group.
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| 42‑107064⇗ | Carter, Jack Nifong⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead group.
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| 42‑107121⇗ | Stills, James Vernon⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron lead, high group.
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| 42‑107148⇗ | [N/A] | Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 42‑107224⇗ | Melzar, Raymond Augustus⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron lead, low group.
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| 43‑37703⇗ | Allred, Frank Lavon⇗ | Completed Mission | Low group.
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| 43‑37713⇗ | Sullivan, James Dominic⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron deputy, high group.
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| 43‑37717⇗ | Olson, Norman (NMI)⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead group.
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| 44‑6080⇗ | Hale, Charles Eugene⇗ | Completed Mission | Wing deputy.
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| 44‑6105⇗ | Dudock, Edward Peter⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead group.
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| 44‑6109⇗ | Adams, William Lowell⇗ | Completed Mission | High section lead, high group.
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| 44‑6141⇗ | Norton, Paul E⇗ | Completed Mission | Low group.
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| 44‑6149⇗ | Rooker, Billy Roy⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron lead, lead group.
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