Mission # 155

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date	11 July 1944
384^th Mission	Mission Number 155 Next Mission Previous Mission
8^th Air Force Mission	Mission Number 466
Mission Comments	First 384th Munich Mission The 384th Bombardment Group (H) led the 41st B Combat Bombardment Wing, and also supplied the wing's low group on today's mission. A long mission, the wing was airborne for over four-and-a-half hours before dropping its bombs using PFF aiming. The return flight was another four hours.
Primary Target	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Munich / München, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode)	Primary (PFF)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary	Completed Mission, not including spares - 34 Aborted - 2 Scrubbed - 2 Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 2 Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 2
Mission Personnel	Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents	Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗

42 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⇗	Spiers, Paul Robert	Completed Mission	Low Squadron lead, low group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31801⇗	Lotz, William Henry	Completed Mission	Wing deputy. PFF ship and unidentified crew members provided by the 305th BG, Chelveston, AAF Station 106. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑32106⇗	Cranstoun, Richard Leroy	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37822⇗	Jennings, William Cornelius	Completed Mission	Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑107083. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37982⇗	Durdin, Larkin Clayton	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38013⇗	Bahten, John Irwin	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38014⇗	Gowder, Charles Fred	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑39888⇗	Patella, Joseph David	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97072⇗	Combs, William Felix	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97142⇗	Endelicato, Marion (NMI)	Aborted	Turned back because of an oxygen system problem. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97150⇗	Hale, Charles Eugene	Completed Mission	High Squadron lead, lead group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97178⇗	Burkhard, James Albert	Completed Mission	High Squadron lead, low group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97201⇗	Lynch, Edward Thomas	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97204⇗	Pring, Robert Bradford	Completed Mission	Low Squadron lead, lead group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97237⇗	Brown, Billie Barnard	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97251⇗	[N/A]	Scrubbed	Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑102501. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97271⇗	Heim, Gerard Anthony	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97273⇗	Stills, James Vernon	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97309⇗	Herzog, John Henry	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97320⇗	Cole, Alfred H	Aborted	Turned back with a sick crew member. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97367⇗	Sweeney, Ned Hardy	Completed Mission	Low Squadron deputy, lead group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97449⇗	Allred, Frank Lavon	Flying Spare, Completed Mission	Low group flying spare; joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97521⇗	[N/A]	Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
42‑97699⇗	Pryor, Raymond Thomas	Completed Mission	Wing lead. PFF ship and unidentified crew members provided by the 305th BG, Chelveston, AAF Station 105. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97824⇗	Kelley, Robert Encil	Completed Mission	Low group lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97941⇗	[N/A]	Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
42‑97948⇗	Gibson, James Allen	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102430⇗	Young, Daniel Monroe	Completed Mission	High Squadron deputy, low group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102501⇗	Rosborough, James Edward	Completed Mission	Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑97251. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102617⇗	Rimbold, Arthur Arimese	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102620⇗	Pranger, Nicholas Vincent	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102959⇗	Wilson, Quentin	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107064⇗	Coleman, Lee Browning	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107083⇗	[N/A]	Scrubbed	Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑37822. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107224⇗	Melzar, Raymond Augustus	Completed Mission	Low group deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37703⇗	Gonyon, Thomas Richard	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37717⇗	Olson, Norman (NMI)	Completed Mission	Low Squadron deputy, low group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6080⇗	Menke, Robert A	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6105⇗	Mount, Dick Wilson	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6109⇗	McGee, Leonard Vincent	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6141⇗	Murchan, Lawrence Aloysius	Flying Spare, Completed Mission	Low group flying spare; joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6149⇗	Griggs, Frederick Monroe	Completed Mission	High Squadron deputy, lead group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗