384th 2025 REUNION
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Mission # 155

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 11 July 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations Show Operations
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 155, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 466
First 384th Munich Mission
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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
Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 2
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 2
Scrubbed - 2
Aborted - 2
Mission Personnel Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗
Other Mission Documents 1944-07-11, Low Group Lead, E. Lane, R. Kelley⇗

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 MissionLow Squadron lead, low group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31801⇗Lotz, William Henry⇗Completed MissionWing 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 MissionGround 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 Mission After Taking Off.Turned back because of an oxygen system problem.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97150⇗Hale, Charles Eugene⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron lead, lead group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97178⇗Burkhard, James Albert⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron lead, low group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97201⇗Lynch, Edward Thomas⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97204⇗Pring, Robert Bradford⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead, lead group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97237⇗Brown, Billie Barnard⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97251⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced 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 Holton⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Turned back with a sick crew member.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97367⇗Sweeney, Ned Hardy⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron deputy, lead group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97449⇗Allred, Frank Lavon⇗Spare, Completed MissionLow group flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97521⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑97699⇗Pryor, Raymond Thomas⇗Completed MissionWing lead. PFF ship and unidentified crew members provided by the 305th BG, Chelveston, AAF Station 105.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97824⇗Kelley, Robert Encil⇗Completed MissionLow 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 MissionHigh Squadron deputy, low group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102501⇗Rosborough, James Edward⇗Completed MissionGround 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 (NMI)⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107064⇗Coleman, Lee Browning⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107083⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑37822.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107224⇗Melzar, Raymond Augustus⇗Completed MissionLow group deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37703⇗Gonyon, Thomas Richard⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37717⇗Olson, Norman (NMI)⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron deputy, low group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6080⇗Menke, Robert Arthur⇗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⇗Spare, Completed MissionLow group flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6149⇗Griggs, Frederick Monroe⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron deputy, lead group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗