Mission Date | 16 July 1944 |
384th Mission |
Mission Number 158
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8th Air Force Mission | Mission Number 476 (more...) |
Mission Comments |
Again to Munich The 384th Bombardment Group (H) led the 41st Combat Bombardment Wing, the fifth of seven wings of Air Task Force #1, 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⇗ |
Aircraft | Pilot | Results | Mission/Sortie Information |
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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 | High Squadron Hot Camera Ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97201⇗ | Lynch, Edward Thomas | Flying Spare, Completed Mission | Low Squadron Flying Spare. Joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97237⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
42‑97263⇗ | Dudock, Edward Peter | Flying Spare, Completed Mission | High Squadron 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 | Lead Squadron 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 | Low Squadron 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 | Lead Squadron. 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 ⇗ |