Mission # 165

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 25 July 1944
384th Mission
Mission Number 165
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Mission Comments Support For Imminent Attack
The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided all three groups of the 41st B Combat Bombardment Wing on today's mission. The primary targets were troop and artillery concentrations ahead of an attack planned for moments after the bombing. The lead (Montreuil) and low (La Chapelle en Juger) groups attacked their assigned aim points successfully, but the high group held their bomb because their target (Le Chatel) was obscured by previous wings' bomb blasts.
Primary Target Target: Tactical - Enemy Strong Points
Type: Military
Location: Montreuil-sur-Lozon, Le Châtel,
& La Chapelle en Juger, France
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (Visual)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 36
Scrubbed - 2
Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 1
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⇗

42 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
42‑31222⇗Sweeney, Ned Hardy ⇗Completed MissionLow Group, High Squadron Lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31484⇗[N/A]Lead Ground Spare
Aircraft, Unused		 
42‑32106⇗Johnstone, William A ⇗Completed MissionLead Group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37788⇗Soester, Wilbur Leroy ⇗Completed MissionLow Group, High Squadron Deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37822⇗Thompson, Paul W ⇗Completed MissionHigh Group, Low Squadron Lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38013⇗Neville, Harry Walter ⇗Completed MissionLead Group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑39888⇗Seidlein, George H ⇗Completed MissionHigh Group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97072⇗[N/A]ScrubbedReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑102566.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97150⇗Hannaford, Vernon Lloyal ⇗Completed MissionHigh Group, High Squadron Lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97204⇗Brown, Billie Barnard ⇗Completed MissionHigh Group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97251⇗Tracy, Edward Hanks ⇗Completed MissionLow Group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97263⇗Bennett, John R ⇗Completed MissionLead Group, High Squadron Deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97271⇗Bahten, John Irwin ⇗Completed MissionLead Group, High Squadron Lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97282⇗Norton, Paul E ⇗Completed MissionHigh Group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97320⇗Melzar, Raymond Augustus ⇗Completed MissionHigh Group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97948⇗Mead, Frank Willard ⇗Completed MissionLow Group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97960⇗[N/A]Lead Ground Spare
Aircraft, Unused		 
42‑102430⇗Martin, Donald Francis ⇗Completed MissionLead Group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102500⇗Strand, Robert Earl ⇗Completed MissionLow Group, Low Squadron Lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102501⇗Donohue, William Robert ⇗Flying Spare,
Completed Mission		Lead Group Flying Spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102518⇗Young, Daniel Monroe ⇗Completed MissionLead Group, Low Squadron Deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102566⇗Cole, Alfred H ⇗Completed MissionHigh Group, Low Squadron Deputy. Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑97072.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102601⇗Davis, L K (IO) ⇗Completed MissionLow Group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102617⇗[N/A]ScrubbedReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 43‑37822.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102933⇗Meland, Ralph W ⇗Completed MissionLow Group Lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102959⇗Fairfield, William Adelbert ⇗Completed MissionHigh Group Lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107057⇗Jennings, William Cornelius ⇗Completed MissionLow Group, Low Squadron Deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107058⇗Pranger, Nicholas Vincent ⇗Completed MissionLow Group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107083⇗Peterson, John Wright ⇗Completed MissionLow Group Hot Camera Ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107121⇗Peck, Harland K ⇗Completed MissionLow Group Deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107125⇗Hines, James Wesley ⇗Completed MissionWing Lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107148⇗Liebert, Jack Louis ⇗Completed MissionWing Deputy, Hot Camera Ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37703⇗Strong, Bert F ⇗Completed MissionHigh Group Deputy and Hot Camera Ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37713⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft,
Unused		 
43‑37822⇗Allred, Frank Lavon ⇗Completed MissionHigh Group Hot Camera Ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37870⇗Dudock, Edward Peter ⇗Completed MissionHigh Group, High Squadron Deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37917⇗Cadwallader, Donald J ⇗Completed MissionLead Group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38016⇗Dodson, Lee White ⇗Completed MissionHigh Group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6109⇗Hunt, John Hardy ⇗Completed MissionLead Group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6135⇗Kass, Robert Hiler ⇗Completed MissionLead Group, Low Squadron Lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6149⇗Parker, George Frederick ⇗Completed MissionLow Group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6294⇗Maxey, Jesse Edward ⇗Completed MissionLead Group Hot Camera Ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗