384th BG Mission

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date	3 August 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations	Show Operations > Mission 512: 672 bombers and 352 fighters are dispatched to hit rail and other targets in the French/German border area and oil dumps and bridges SE of Paris; 6 bombers and 6 fighters are lost: >> Air Task Force 1. Of 345 B-17s, 106 hit the Merkwille Oil Refinery, 68 hit Strasbourg marshalling yard, 62 hit Saarbrucken marshalling yard, 54 hit Mulhouse marshalling yard, 16 hit Toul/Croix de Metz Airfield, 11 hit a railroad near Saarbrucken and 6 hit targets of opportunity; they claim 4-1-1 Luftwaffe aircraft; 6 B-17s are lost, 1 damaged beyond repair and 98 damaged; 9 airmen are KIA, 9 WIA and 54 MIA. Escort is provided by 175 of 200 P-51s; they claim 6-0-0 aircraft in the air and 5-0-1 on the ground; 6 P-51s are lost (pilots are MIA). >> Air Task Force 2. Of 155 B-17s, 38 hit Troyes Bridge and 36 hit Joigny/La Roche Bridge; 11 B-17s are damaged. Escort is provided by 96 of 103 P-51s. >> Air Task Force 3. Of 172 B-24s, 27 hit Conches Airfield, 12 hit Melun marshalling yard, 11 hit Etampes Mondesir Airfield and 3 hit targets of opportunity; 51 B-24s are damaged. Escort is provided by 47 P-47s. > Mission 513: 482 bombers and 178 fighters are dispatched to oil installations and dumps in the Brussels, Paris and Lille areas and CROSSBOW (V-weapon) sites in the Pas de Calais; 2 bombers are lost: >> Air Task Force 1. 112 of 126 B-17s and 117 of 121 B-24s hit V-weapon sites in the Pas de Calais; 1 B-24 is lost; 6 B-17s and 20 B-24s are damaged. Escort is provided by 43 of 46 P-51s. >> Air Task Force 2. Of 76 B-24s, 62 hit Brussels/Vivorde, 10 hit Ghent/Terneuzen and 1 hits a target of opportunity; 1 B-24 is damaged beyond repair and 49 damaged; 2 airmen are KIA. Escort is provided by 33 of 36 P-47s. >> Air Task Force 3. Of 159 B-24s, 49 hit Harnes, 28 hit Courchelettes, 22 hit Pas de Calais V-weapons sites, 10 hit Lille/Marquette, 10 hit Lille/Sequedin and 8 hit Ghent marshalling yard; 1 B-24 is lost, 3 damaged beyond repair and 38 damaged; 4 airmen are KIA, 4 WIA and 10 MIA. Escort is provided by 90 of 96 P-51s. > 133 P-38s and P-47s fly fighter-bomber missions against rail traffic in the Metz-Strasbourg-Saarbrucken area; they claim 1-0-0 aircraft in the air and 1-0-0 on the ground; 1 P-47 is lost. Source: Jack McKillop, Rutgers University, used with permission. Hide Operations
Mission	384th BG Mission Number 170, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 513 V-Weapons Targeted Next Mission Previous Mission The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew three group formations - identified as H, I, and J Groups, the last three of ten groups comprising Air Task Force #1 - on today's mission to attack widely scattered V-1 launch sites. Note that the groups of this ATF flew in trail, not in combat wing formations. Although the J Group was unable to bomb its target (Fiefs) due to weather, the H and I Groups hit their assigned targets at Fleury and Flers, respectively.
Primary Target	Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Fleury, Flers, Fiefs, France
Target Attacked (Mode)	Primary
Sortie/Aircraft Summary	Completed Mission, not including spares - 35 Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 3 Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 3 Scrubbed - 1 Aborted - 1
Mission Personnel	Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents	Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗
Other Mission Documents	1944-08-03, H Group Lead, G. June, R. Vinnedge⇗ 1944-08-03, I Group Lead, J. Shelley, J. McCartney⇗

43 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⇗	Mock, John Montague⇗	Spare, Completed Mission	I Group Flying Spare. Joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31484⇗	[N/A]	Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off	Herzog landed shortly after takeoff because of an engine failure; replaced this aircraft with Ground Spare Aircraft 43‑37717. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑32106⇗	Johnstone, William Andrew⇗	Completed Mission	I Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37788⇗	Rainey, Harry Wesley⇗	Completed Mission	I Group Hot Camera Ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38014⇗	Peck, Harland Kenneth⇗	Completed Mission	H Group Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38208⇗	Hicks, Ralph Benjamin⇗	Completed Mission	I Group, Low Squadron Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑39888⇗	Durdin, Larkin Clayton⇗	Completed Mission	J Jroup. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97142⇗	Pranger, Nicholas Vincent⇗	Completed Mission	H Group, Low Squadron Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97204⇗	Soester, Wilbur Leroy⇗	Completed Mission	I Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97282⇗	Patella, Joseph David⇗	Completed Mission	J Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97320⇗	[N/A]	Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
42‑97941⇗	[N/A]	Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
42‑97960⇗	McCartney, James Thomas⇗	Completed Mission	I Group Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102459⇗	Hughes, Robert Davis⇗	Spare, Completed Mission	J Group Flying Spare. Joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102500⇗	Myrick, Kenneth Delay⇗	Spare, Completed Mission	H Group Flying Spare. Joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102501⇗	Clements, Ben Hill⇗	Completed Mission	H Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102518⇗	Hulcher, Donald Lawrence ⇗	Completed Mission	H Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102566⇗	McDaniel, Clifford Franklin⇗	Completed Mission	J Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102601⇗	Davis, L K (IO)⇗	Completed Mission	H Group, Low Squadron Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102617⇗	Allred, Frank Lavon⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off.	J Group, Low Squadron Lead. Runaway prop over channel on outbound leg punctured a fuel tank resulting in onboard fire - Crash-landed at RAF Chailey, East Sussex. Noble, Engineer/Top Turret injured. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102620⇗	Henderson, William Vincent⇗	Completed Mission	H Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102661⇗	Strong, Bert Franklin⇗	Completed Mission	J Group Deputy and Hot Camera Ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102933⇗	Vinnedge, Roy Alan⇗	Completed Mission	H Group Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102959⇗	Norton, Paul E⇗	Completed Mission	J Group Hot Camera Ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107057⇗	Hassing, Eugene Theron⇗	Completed Mission	H Group Hot Camera Ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107058⇗	Hanlon, Ernest Edward⇗	Completed Mission	H Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107083⇗	Peterson, John Wright⇗	Completed Mission	H Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107121⇗	[N/A]	Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
43‑37703⇗	Dodson, Lee White⇗	Completed Mission	J Group, Low Squadron Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37717⇗	Herzog, John Henry⇗	Completed Mission	I Group. Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑31484. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37822⇗	Maggart, Richard Lee⇗	Completed Mission	J Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37843⇗	Bean, Donald W⇗	Completed Mission	I Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37917⇗	Hunt, John Hardy⇗	Completed Mission	H Group, High Squadron Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37971⇗	Martin, Donald Francis⇗	Completed Mission	J Group, High Squadron Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38016⇗	Combs, William Felix⇗	Completed Mission	J Group Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6080⇗	Goodrick, Gene Robert⇗	Completed Mission	I Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6105⇗	Skehan, Joseph Lynne⇗	Completed Mission	I Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6109⇗	Farra, Robert Leslie⇗	Completed Mission	J Group, High Squadron Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6135⇗	Wood, Rodney J⇗	Completed Mission	I Group, High Squadron Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6141⇗	Toler, Harold Morton⇗	Completed Mission	J Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6149⇗	Neville, Harry Walter⇗	Completed Mission	I Group, Low Squadron Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6294⇗	Liebert, Jack Louis⇗	Completed Mission	H Group, High Squadron Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8011⇗	Dudock, Edward Peter⇗	Completed Mission	I Group Deputy and Hot Camera Ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗

Mission # 170

MISSION SUMMARY