Mission # 158

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date	16 July 1944
384^th Mission	Mission Number 158 Next Mission Previous Mission
8^th Air Force Mission	Mission Number 476
Mission Comments	And ... Again to Munich The 384th Bombardment Group (H) was the lead group of the 41st Combat Bombardment Wing on today's mission. Again the weather required the use of PFF aiming for dropping the bomb loads.
Primary Target	Target: Aero Engine Factory Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Munich / München, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode)	Primary (PFF)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary	Completed Mission, not including spares - 16 Failed To Return - 1 Aborted - 1 Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 2 Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 3
Mission Personnel	Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents	Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗

23 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
42‑37974⇗	Maggart, Richard Lee	Aborted	Turned back with oxygen system trouble. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37982⇗	[N/A]	Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
42‑38013⇗	Bahten, John Irwin	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97072⇗	Combs, William Felix	Completed Mission	Hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97201⇗	Lynch, Edward Thomas	Flying Spare, Completed Mission	Flying spare; joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97237⇗	[N/A]	Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
42‑97263⇗	Dudock, Edward P	Flying Spare, Completed Mission	Flying spare; joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97271⇗	Heim, Gerard Anthony	Completed Mission	Low Squadron deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97282⇗	Patella, Joseph David	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97309⇗	Young, Daniel Monroe	Completed Mission	Landed away at RAF Woodbridge, Suffolk, on return due to battle damage and wounded aboard. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97320⇗	Melzar, Raymond Augustus	Completed Mission	Landed away at RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk, due to low fuel. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97367⇗	Mulvehill, Edmund Whelan	Completed Mission	Hot camera ship. Crash-landed at RAF Woodbridge, Suffolk, on return due to battle damage. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97521⇗	[N/A]	Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
42‑97543⇗	Pryor, Raymond Thomas	Completed Mission	Wing lead. This PFF ship was provided by the 305th BG, with a radar navigator, 1Lt Albert G D'Amico, from the 306th BG. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97691⇗	Kelsay, Omar Frank	Completed Mission	Wing deputy. PFF ship provided by the 305th BG, Chelveston, AAF Station 105. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102430⇗	Pluhar, Emil Edward	Completed Mission	Hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102518⇗	Cranstoun, Richard Leroy	Completed Mission	Low Squadron lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102617⇗	Rimbold, Arthur Arimese	Completed Mission	High Squadron deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107064⇗	Coleman, Lee Browning	Failed to Return	Disabled by flak, aircraft exploded in mid-air and crashed southwest of Munich, Germany (German Report KU 2496 is unclear on exact location). MACR 7553 SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37717⇗	Liebert, Jack Louis	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6080⇗	Booska, Maurice Arthur	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6109⇗	McGee, Leonard Vincent	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6141⇗	James, Robert Huey	Completed Mission	High Squadron lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗