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Mission # 182

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 18 August 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 182, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 561
Tactical Support
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The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided all three groups of the 41st A Combat Bombardment Wing on today's mission. Although the visibility in the target area was reasonably good - the lead and low groups bombed on the first run - the high group bombardier was unable to sight the target until too late to bomb. A second run was unsuccessful because the target was obscured by smoke from prior bombing. The high group then proceeded to attack the briefed secondary target with good results.
Primary Target Target: Tactical: Bridge
Type: Transportation
Location: Vise, Belgium
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (Visual)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 34
Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 1
Returned Early - 1
Flight Completed - 1
Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed - 1
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 2
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 1944-08-18, Wing Lead, A. Nuttall, W. Fairfield⇗

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
42‑31484⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑32106⇗Rainey, Harry Wesley⇗Completed MissionHigh section deputy, low group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37788⇗Rowe, George B⇗Completed MissionLow group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38014⇗Hanlon, Ernest Edward⇗Completed MissionHigh group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑39888⇗Hughes, Robert Davis⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron deputy, lead group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97142⇗Mead, Frank Willard⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.High group. Turned back because of instrument failures.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97150⇗Bills, Edgar L⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron deputy, low group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97204⇗Soester, Wilbur Leroy⇗Completed MissionLow group deputy and hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97251⇗Tracy, Edward Hanks⇗Completed MissionHigh section lead, high group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97263⇗Mock, John Montague⇗Completed MissionLow group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97282⇗Lindberg, Gilbert R⇗Completed MissionLead group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97309⇗Plowman, Noel Elwin⇗Spare, Completed MissionHigh group flying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97320⇗Groff, Richard Hubert⇗Completed MissionLead group hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97510⇗Hepler, Wilbur David⇗Completed MissionHigh group. Originally assigned as the lead group flying spare, joined the high group after two aborts in that formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97824⇗Fairfield, William Adelbert⇗Completed MissionWing lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97960⇗Neville, Harry Walter⇗Completed MissionLow group lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑98000⇗Reed, William Marcus⇗Completed MissionLead group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102449⇗Bahten, John Irwin⇗Flight CompletedWeather aircraft; remainder of crew (CP, N, RO, Eng) not identified
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102500⇗Salley, Thomas Raysor⇗Completed MissionHigh section deputy, high group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102501⇗Cepits, Francis Frederick⇗Completed MissionHigh group hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102518⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑97510.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102566⇗Gabel, Raymond John⇗Completed MissionLead group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102601⇗Mohler, John Grigsby⇗Completed MissionHigh group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102620⇗Cline, Walter William⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.High group. Turned back because unable to locate formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102933⇗Peck, Harland Kenneth⇗Completed MissionHigh group lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107083⇗Peterson, John Wright⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead, high group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107121⇗Myrick, Kenneth Delay⇗Completed MissionHigh group deputy and hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37703⇗Carnes, Joe Ross⇗Completed MissionHigh section deputy, lead group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37713⇗Brookshire, James D⇗Completed MissionHigh group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37717⇗Causa, Raymond (NMI)⇗Completed MissionHigh group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37822⇗Combs, William Felix⇗Completed MissionHigh section lead, lead group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37843⇗Bean, Donald W⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead, low group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37917⇗Owens, Robert Clare⇗Completed MissionLow group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37971⇗[N/A]Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
43‑38016⇗Toler, Harold Morton⇗Completed MissionWing deputy and hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38062⇗Patella, Joseph David⇗Completed MissionLead group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38213⇗Shwery, Arthur John⇗Completed MissionLead group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6080⇗Lynch, Edward Thomas⇗Completed MissionHigh section lead, low group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6109⇗Sienkiewicz, Edward Alfred⇗Completed MissionLow group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6135⇗Brown, Bert Oliver⇗Returned EarlyLow group hot camera ship. Salvoed bombs in an open field in Belgium.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6141⇗Murchan, Lawrence Aloysius⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead, lead group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6149⇗Skehan, Joseph Lynne⇗Completed MissionLow group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6294⇗Levine, Max (NMI)⇗Flying Spare, Returned As BriefedLow group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗