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Mission # 178

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 12 August 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 178, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 545
Luftwaffe Attacked Near Paris
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The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided all three groups of the 41st C Combat Bombardment Wing on today's mission. The mission proceeded generally as briefed, up until bomb release - then the bomb release on the high group lead aircraft failed to operate. The high group leader asked wing for permission to make a second run, which was granted, but the target was so obscured by prior bombing that they were unable to aim accurately. The high group then proceeded to the briefed secondary, an airfield between Étampes and Mondesir and completed a successful attack there.
Primary Target Target: "Landing Ground"
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: La Perthe, France
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (Visual)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 34
Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 2
Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed - 1
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 3
Scrubbed - 1
Aborted - 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 1944-08-12, Wing Lead, A. Nuttall, F. Allred⇗
1944-08-12.Low Group Lead, K. Ungerman, K. Myrick⇗
1944-08-12, high group lead, a. Stone, J. Hines⇗

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⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, UnusedThis aircraft was apparently considered to replace 42‑97142 when Cline scrubbed it. But Cline eventually flew the mission in 42‑97142 after taking off almost an hour late.
42‑37788⇗Brown, Bert Oliver⇗Completed MissionHigh group. Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑97150. On return, arrived over two hours late, possibly due to landing elsewhere to refuel.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37822⇗Hughes, Robert Davis⇗Completed MissionLead group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38013⇗Buslee, John Oliver⇗Spare, Completed MissionLead group flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38208⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑39888⇗Lindberg, Gilbert R⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Lead group. Turned back because the radio-compass was out.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97142⇗Cline, Walter William⇗Spare, Completed MissionLow group flying spare; joined formation. Cline apparently experienced a problem with this aircraft, and mission records indicate a change to Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑31222. Eventually, however, he flew the mission in his originally assigned ship.
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42‑97150⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑37788.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97204⇗Majeske, Charles Paul⇗Completed MissionLead group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97251⇗Tracy, Edward Hanks⇗Completed MissionLow group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97263⇗Bennett, John R⇗Completed MissionHigh section lead, low group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97282⇗Patella, Joseph David⇗Completed MissionLead group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97309⇗Pluhar, Emil Edward⇗Completed MissionHigh group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97320⇗Hepler, Wilbur David⇗Completed MissionLead group hot camera ship. 'Landed at coast for fuel' and arrived at base two hours late.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97510⇗Martin, Donald Francis⇗Completed MissionHigh group. On return, arrived an hour-and-a-half late, possibly due to landing elsewhere to refuel.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97941⇗Hines, James Wesley⇗Completed MissionHigh group lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97960⇗Allred, Frank Lavon⇗Completed MissionWing lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102430⇗Robertson, Vernon Merrill⇗Completed MissionHigh group. Bombs failed to release over target for unknown reason and were brought back.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102459⇗Gabel, Raymond John⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron deputy, lead group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102500⇗Plowman, Noel Elwin⇗Completed MissionLow group. Landed with #3 feathered.
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42‑102501⇗Hassing, Eugene Theron⇗Completed MissionLow group hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102518⇗Young, Daniel Monroe⇗Completed MissionHigh group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102566⇗Kinnaird, William Robert⇗Flying Spare, Returned As BriefedHigh group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102601⇗Peterson, John Wright⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead, low group. Landed with #1 feathered.
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42‑102620⇗Henderson, William Vincent⇗Completed MissionLow group.
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42‑102661⇗[N/A]Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑102933⇗Myrick, Kenneth Delay⇗Completed MissionLow group lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107058⇗LeDonne, Edward George⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron deputy, low group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37713⇗Hanlon, Ernest Edward⇗Completed MissionLow group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37717⇗Green, Loren Lester⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.High group hot camera ship. Turned back because #4 engine failed.
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43‑37822⇗Durdin, Larkin Clayton⇗Completed MissionWing deputy and hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37843⇗Sienkiewicz, Edward Alfred⇗Completed MissionHigh section deputy, high group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37917⇗Peters, Lloyd Arman⇗Completed MissionHigh group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37971⇗Davis, L K (IO)⇗Completed MissionLow group deputy and hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37990⇗Rainey, Harry Wesley⇗Completed MissionLow group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38062⇗Reed, William Marcus⇗Completed MissionLead group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6080⇗Goodrick, Gene Robert⇗Completed MissionHigh section lead, high group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6105⇗Hicks, Ralph Benjamin⇗Completed MissionLow group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6109⇗Farra, Robert Leslie⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead, high group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6141⇗Murchan, Lawrence Aloysius⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead, lead group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6149⇗Neville, Harry Walter⇗Completed MissionHigh section lead, lead group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6294⇗Herzog, John Henry⇗Completed MissionHigh group deputy and hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8011⇗Mock, John Montague⇗Completed MissionHigh section deputy, lead group.
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