Mission # 19

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date	31 August 1943
VIII Bomber Command Operations	Show Operations > Mission 88: Two aviation locations in France are targeted. >> Air Task Force 1. 170 B-17's are dispatched to Amiens/Glisy Airfield; 105 hit the target at 1807-1824 hours; they claim 5-1-3 Luftwaffe aircraft; 3 B-17's are lost, 1 is damaged beyond repair and 35 damaged; casualties are 5 KIA, 8 WIA and 33 MIA. >> Air Task Force 2. 149 B-17's are dispatched to the aircraft plant at Meulan; the plant is cloud covered and 1 B-17 hits a railway NE of Rouen; 19 B-17s are damaged; casualties are 1 WIA. These missions are escorted by 160 P-47's which claim 2-1-1 Luftwaffe aircraft; 2 P-47's are lost and both pilots are listed as MIA. Source: Jack McKillop, Rutgers University, used with permission. Hide Operations
384^th Bomb Group Mission	384th BG Mission Number 19, VIII BC Mission Number 88 Target Hidden, Bombs Held Next Mission Previous Mission The 384th Bombardment Group had eighteen (18) aircraft airborne as scheduled; take-off time being 1544 o'clock, a delay in take-off resulted as the leader's airplane blew a tail wheel tire in taxiing to take-off position. This group climbed through the overcast and arrived at the rendezvous point on time where it was joined by the other groups. Due to complete cloud coverage [at the primary target], a turn was made to pick out a target of opportunity, unable to do so, this group returned to the home base with their bombs.
Primary Target	Target: Fighter Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Romilly-sur-Seine, France
Target Attacked (Mode)	No Target Attacked
Sortie/Aircraft Summary	Completed Mission, not including spares - 14 Aborted - 4
Mission Personnel	Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents	Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗

18 AIRCRAFT ASSIGNED TO THIS MISSION
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Aircraft	Pilot	Results	Mission/Sortie Information
41‑24507⇗	Higdon, Philip Earl⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off.	Turned back with #1 engine very rough and #3 engine oil pressure dropped 40 lbs. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3218⇗	Armstrong, Lloyd Rowland⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off.	Turned back with #2, #3, and #4 engines very rough. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3441⇗	Estes, Thomas Jefferson⇗	Completed Mission	Wing Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3455⇗	Armstrong, James Edwin⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5720⇗	Aufmuth, Lester Herbert⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off.	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5838⇗	Frink, Horace Everett⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5843⇗	Pulcipher, Ralph Robert⇗	Completed Mission	High Squadron lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5852⇗	Peaslee, Budd John⇗	Completed Mission	Wing Lead for 41st Combat Bombardment Wing. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29554⇗	Thompson, Siguard (NMI)⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29651⇗	Jacobs, Randolph George Edward⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off.	Low Squadron Deputy. Turned back; couldn't keep up with formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29699⇗	Goulder, Edmund Samuel⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29768⇗	Willing, Mark Skinner⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29814⇗	Ingles, John Thomas⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29828⇗	Gilmore, William Featherston⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29914⇗	Jones, Justin Ralph⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30005⇗	Ogilvie, Donald Potter⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30033⇗	Kelly, James Henry⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron Lead. Turned back; #1 supercharger disintegrated causing loss in manifold pressure. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30043⇗	Price, William Merriman⇗	Completed Mission	High Squadron Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗