Mission # 160

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 18 July 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations Show Operations
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 160, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 481
V-Weapons Development Targeted
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The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the high groups of the 41st A and B Combat Bombardment Wings (41A Group and 41B Group) on today's mission. The 41A Group bombed their assigned target visually, although the wing commander had ordered a PFF attack. Our lead bombardier, Tony Palazzo, worked with the navigator to ensure they knew their position at all times on the bomb run. This teamwork resulted in a precise attack on the assigned aim point. The 41B Group bombed their assigned target visually, although they had to make a second run due to sighting problems on the first run. Slight difficulties resulted in the bomb pattern being rather large, and slightly beyond the target.
Primary Target Target: Rocket Research & Development Complex
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Peenemünde & Zinnowitz, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (Visual)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 36
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 2
Scrubbed - 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 1944-07-18, 41st Wing, 41B Group, Group Lead, G. June, R. Melan⇗

40 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⇗Cranstoun, Richard Leroy⇗Completed Mission41A Group.
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42‑32106⇗Herzog, John Henry⇗Completed Mission41A Group.
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42‑37788⇗Bodker, James Mervil⇗Completed Mission41B Group, Low Squadron Deputy.
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42‑37974⇗Thompson, Paul Waldron⇗Completed Mission41A Group.
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42‑37982⇗Norton, Paul E⇗Completed Mission41A Group.
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42‑38013⇗Dudock, Edward Peter⇗Completed Mission41B Group, High Squadron Deputy.
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42‑38014⇗Stills, James Vernon⇗Completed Mission41B Group, Group Deputy.
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42‑38208⇗MacFarlane, Menzies James⇗Completed Mission41B Group, High Squadron Lead.
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42‑97072⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off41A Group. Replaced by Ground Spare aircraft 42‑102459.
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42‑97142⇗Pranger, Nicholas Vincent⇗Completed Mission41B Group.
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42‑97150⇗Hale, Charles Eugene⇗Completed Mission41B Group, High Squadron Lead.
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42‑97178⇗Bagby, Donald Woods⇗Completed Mission41A Group.
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42‑97201⇗Lynch, Edward Thomas⇗Completed Mission41B Group.
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42‑97204⇗Menke, Robert Arthur⇗Completed Mission41B Group.
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42‑97237⇗Mulvehill, Edmund Whelan⇗Completed Mission41B Group, Hot Camera ship.
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42‑97251⇗Jennings, William Cornelius⇗Completed Mission41B Group.
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42‑97271⇗Heim, Gerard Anthony⇗Completed Mission41A Group.
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42‑97282⇗Cole, Alfred Holton⇗Completed Mission41A Group.
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42‑97320⇗Patella, Joseph David⇗Completed Mission41A Group, Low Squadron Deputy.
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42‑97449⇗Mount, Dick Wilson⇗Completed Mission41A Group, High Squadron Deputy.
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42‑97521⇗Combs, William Felix⇗Completed Mission41A Group, Low Squadron Lead. Ground Spare aircraft, replaced 42‑107224.
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42‑97941⇗Pompe, Bernard Joseph⇗Completed Mission41A Group, Group Lead.
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42‑97948⇗Gibson, James Allen⇗Completed Mission41B Group.
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42‑97960⇗[N/A]Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑102459⇗Durdin, Larkin Clayton⇗Completed Mission41A Group. Ground Spare aircraft, replaced 42‑97072.
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42‑102500⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑102501⇗Endelicato, Marion (NMI)⇗Completed Mission41B Group.
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42‑102566⇗Minor, Henry W⇗Completed Mission41A Group.
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42‑102601⇗Strand, Robert Earl⇗Completed Mission41B Group.
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42‑102620⇗Donohue, William Roberts⇗Completed Mission41B Group, Hot Camera ship.
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42‑102933⇗Meland, Ralph Wendell⇗Completed Mission41B Group, Group Lead.
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42‑107083⇗Stevens, Raymond Robert⇗Completed Mission41B Group.
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42‑107148⇗Spiers, Paul Robert⇗Completed Mission41A Group, Group Deputy.
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42‑107224⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off41A Group. Replaced by Ground Spare aircraft 42‑97521.
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43‑37703⇗Allred, Frank Lavon⇗Completed Mission41A Group.
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43‑37713⇗Myrick, Kenneth Delay⇗Completed Mission41B Group.
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44‑6109⇗Liebert, Jack Louis⇗Completed Mission41A Group.
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44‑6135⇗Farra, Robert Leslie⇗Completed Mission41A Group.
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44‑6141⇗Halasz, John Julius⇗Completed Mission41A Group, High Squadron Lead.
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44‑6149⇗Griggs, Frederick Monroe⇗Completed Mission41B Group.
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