2025 REUNION
 PRELIMINARY INFORMATION
ON HOME PAGE

Mission # 165

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 25 July 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations Show Operations
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 165, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 494
Support For Imminent Attack
Next Mission
Previous Mission
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
Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 1
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 3
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 1944-07-25, Wing Lead, A. Nuttall, J. Hines⇗

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 Andrew⇗Completed MissionLead Group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37788⇗Soester, Wilbur Leroy⇗Completed MissionLow Group, High Squadron Deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37822⇗Thompson, Paul Waldron⇗Completed MissionHigh Group, Low Squadron Lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38013⇗Neville, Harry Walter⇗Completed MissionLead Group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑39888⇗Seidlein, George Harold⇗Completed MissionHigh Group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97072⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced 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 Roberts⇗Spare, Completed MissionLead Group Flying Spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102518⇗Young, Daniel Monroe⇗Completed MissionLead Group, Low Squadron Deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102566⇗Cole, Alfred Holton⇗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]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 43‑37822.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102933⇗Meland, Ralph Wendell⇗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 Kenneth⇗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 Franklin⇗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 James⇗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 ⇗