Mission # 160

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 18 July 1944
384th Mission
Mission Number 160
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Mission Comments V-Weapons Development Targeted
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
Scrubbed - 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⇗

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 W ⇗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]Scrubbed41A 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 A ⇗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 H ⇗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 Robert ⇗Completed Mission41B Group, Hot Camera ship.
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42‑102933⇗Meland, Ralph W ⇗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]Scrubbed41A 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 D ⇗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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