Mission # 25

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 23 September 1943
VIII Bomber Command Operations Operations description not yet available.
384th Bomb Group Mission
384th BG Mission Number 25, VIII BC Mission Number 101
Ship Attacked; Results Uncertain
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The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew one group of 18 aircraft as the Low Group of the 41st Combat Bombardment Wing on today's mission. The specific objective was a ship believed to be a floating repair shop for submarines, located in the Nantes, France, port area. Bombs were dropped using visual aiming, with undetermined results.
Primary Target Target: Submarine Repair Ship
Type: Submarine Facility
Location: Nantes, France
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (Visual)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 17
Scrubbed - 3
Failed To Return - 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 1943-09-23, Group Lead, P. Algar, G. Harris⇗

21 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
41‑24557⇗Sundlun, Bruce George⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron Deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3218⇗Armstrong, Lloyd Rowland⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron Lead. Ground Spare Aircraft. Replaced 42‑29768.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3429⇗Estes, Thomas Jefferson⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron Lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3440⇗Sprague, Alfred Lee⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3441⇗Kelly, James Henry⇗Completed MissionGroup Deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3459⇗Higdon, Philip Earl⇗Failed To ReturnShot down by enemy aircraft shortly after crossing the coast of France, crashed near Pontivy, France; MACR 748. Co-pilot Ritt was pilot of a newly assigned crew, flying his first orientation mission.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5051⇗Van der Haeghen, Joseph Albert⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5086⇗Ashcraft, Archie Bertis⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5404⇗Thompson, Siguard (NMI)⇗Completed MissionLanded away at RAF Wing, Buckinghamshire.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5838⇗Frink, Horace Everett⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5852⇗Goulder, Edmund Samuel⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29651⇗Jacobs, Randolph George Edward⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29717⇗Bedsole, Joseph Linyer⇗Completed MissionLanded away at RAF Wing, Buckinghamshire.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29768⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑3218.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29814⇗Ingles, John Thomas⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29927⇗Willing, Mark Skinner⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron Deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29935⇗Calnon, Mark Brooks⇗Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft. Replaced 42-30033.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30005⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑30196.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30026⇗Algar, Philip Morris⇗Completed MissionGroup Lead. Landed away at RAF Warmwell, Dorset, due to low fuel.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30033⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑3441.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30196⇗Lecates, Robert Leslie⇗Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft. Replaced 42‑30005. Landed away at RAF Wing, Buckinghamshire.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗