Mission Date | 20 July 1944 |
384th Mission |
Mission Number 162
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8th Air Force Mission | Mission Number 484 (more...) |
Mission Comments |
Airfield Attacked The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided all three groups of the 41st C Combat Bombardment Wing on today's mission. Weather in the target area was partly cloudy, and, although the lead aircraft was equipped for radar bombing (PFF), the air commander determined that the primary target would not be attacked. Instead, he led the wing to attack a fighter airfield by visual means. Bombing results were mixed; some low group B-17s dropped their loads early when their group lead jettisoned his load due to flak damage to his #1 engine. |
Primary Target |
Target: Aircraft Plants Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Dessau, Germany |
Target Attacked (Mode) |
Secondary (Visual) Target: Fighter Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Nordhausen, Germany |
Sortie/Aircraft Summary |
Completed Mission, not including spares - 34 Failed To Return - 1 Aborted - 1 Scrubbed - 1 Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 3 Flight Completed - 1 |
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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42‑3441⇗ | Keate, Richard Clifford ⇗ | Flight Completed | Assembly Ship; remainder of crew not listed on mission documents. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑31222⇗ | Young, Daniel Monroe ⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at RAF Wratting Common, Cambridgeshire, on return for unknown reasons. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑31484⇗ | Spiers, Paul Robert ⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead Group, High Squadron Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑37788⇗ | Bahten, John Irwin ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑37822⇗ | MacFarlane, Menzies James ⇗ | Completed Mission | High Group, Low Squadron Lead. Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑97263. Hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑37974⇗ | Grant, Walter Edward ⇗ | Failed to Return | High Group. At 1115 hrs aircraft dropped back and released bombs, apparently unable to keep up with formation; it was under attack by four ME109s and two FW190s; four chutes seen; the aircraft went down in a glide, apparently under control; crashed near Zetteritz, Germany. MACR 727. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑37982⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
42‑38014⇗ | Shearer, Wilbur Lee ⇗ | Completed Mission | Wing Deputy, Hot Camera Ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑38208⇗ | Stevens, Raymond Robert ⇗ | Completed Mission | High Group Deputy, Hot Camera Ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑39888⇗ | Patella, Joseph David ⇗ | Completed Mission | High Group, High Squadron Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97072⇗ | Cole, Alfred H ⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Group, Low Squadron Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97142⇗ | Pranger, Nicholas Vincent ⇗ | Aborted | Turned back with a sick crew member. Hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97150⇗ | Hannaford, Vernon Lloyal ⇗ | Completed Mission | High Group, Low Squadron Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97201⇗ | Lynch, Edward Thomas ⇗ | Completed Mission | High Group Hot Camera Ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97263⇗ | [N/A] | Scrubbed | Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑37822. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97282⇗ | Norton, Paul E ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97320⇗ | Melzar, Raymond Augustus ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97510⇗ | Jennings, William Cornelius ⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead Group, Low Squadron Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97574⇗ | Kelsay, Omar Frank ⇗ | Completed Mission | Wing Lead. PFF ship and unidentified crew members provided by the 305th BG, Chelveston, AAF Station 105. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97941⇗ | [N/A] | Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
42‑97960⇗ | Koch, Robert Bruce ⇗ | Completed Mission | High Group Lead. This was the first mission of Booska's second tour. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑98000⇗ | Fairfield, William Adelbert ⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Group Lead. On the bomb run, hit by flak in #4 engine; had to jettison bomb load to stay in formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑102459⇗ | Thompson, Paul W ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑102500⇗ | Gibson, James Allen ⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead Group, High Squadron Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑102501⇗ | Clements, Ben Hill ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑102566⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
42‑102601⇗ | Strand, Robert Earl ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑102620⇗ | Davis, L K (IO) ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑102959⇗ | Halasz, John Julius ⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Group, Low Squadron Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑107058⇗ | Donohue, William Robert ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑107083⇗ | Minor, Henry W ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑107224⇗ | Kelley, Robert Encil ⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Group Deputy, Hot Camera Ship. Led the Low Group after Lead ship was damaged and couldn't keep up. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑37713⇗ | Myrick, Kenneth D ⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead Group, Low Squadron Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑37717⇗ | Liebert, Jack Louis ⇗ | Completed Mission | High Group, High Squadron Lead. Warren May (N) killed instantly by flak - see 'Jesse's Story' on the Stories page. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑37822⇗ | Allred, Frank Lavon ⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Group Hot Camera Ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑37870⇗ | Dudock, Edward Peter ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑37917⇗ | Cranstoun, Richard Leroy ⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Group, High Squadron Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6109⇗ | Farra, Robert Leslie ⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Group, High Squadron Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6135⇗ | Bagby, Donald Woods ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6141⇗ | Combs, William Felix ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6149⇗ | Bennett, John R ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |