| Mission Date | 20 July 1944 |
| 384th Mission |
Mission Number 162
|
| 8th Air Force Mission | Mission Number 484 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 42‑3441⇗ | Keate, Richard C | 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 | High section lead, lead group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑37788⇗ | Bahten, John Irwin | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑37822⇗ | MacFarlane, Menzies James | Completed Mission | Low squadron lead, high group. 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 7278 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 section deputy, high group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97072⇗ | Cole, Alfred H | Completed Mission | Low squadron deputy, low group. 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 | Low squadron deputy, high group. 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 | Low squadron deputy, lead group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97574⇗ | Kelsay, Omar Frank | Completed Mission | Wing lead. PFF ship and unidentified crew members provided by the 305th BG, Chelveston, Station 105. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97941⇗ | [N/A] | Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 42‑97960⇗ | Koch, Robert B | 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. Unfortunately, some of his group dropped their bombs when he did, and those bombs fell short of the target. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑102459⇗ | Thompson, Paul W | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑102500⇗ | Gibson, James Allen | Completed Mission | High section deputy, lead group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑102501⇗ | Clements, Ben H | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑102566⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 42‑102601⇗ | Strand, Robert E | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑102620⇗ | Davis, L K (IO) | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑102959⇗ | Halasz, John Julius | Completed Mission | Low squadron lead, low group. 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. Led the low group after lead ship was damaged and couldn't keep up. Hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑37713⇗ | Myrick, Kenneth D | Completed Mission | Low squadron lead, lead group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑37717⇗ | Liebert, Jack L | Completed Mission | High section lead. high group. 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 P | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑37917⇗ | Cranstoun, Richard Leroy | Completed Mission | High section lead, low group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑6109⇗ | Farra, Robert L | Completed Mission | High section deputy, low group. 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 ⇗ |