Mission # 46

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 24 December 1943
VIII Bomber Command Operations Operations description not yet available.
384th Bomb Group Mission
384th BG Mission Number 46, VIII BC Mission Number 164
Two Targets Attacked
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The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as parts of two groups of the 41st Combat Wing on today's mission. The low squadron of the composite group (9 aircraft) bombed the primary target, while aircraft of the low group (18 aircraft) were unable to locate the primary target and attacked a target of opportunity (TOO), also a 'NOBALL' target, located at 50°17'N, 2°14'E.
Primary Target Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Croisette, France
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (Visual)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 27
Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed - 3
Scrubbed - 2
Mission Personnel Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗

32 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
41‑24525⇗Ross, Burton Raymond⇗Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑29554.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
41‑24560⇗Allison, Earl Thomas⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
41‑24578⇗Lovell, James MacNaughton⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3051⇗Moore, Clifford Orville⇗Completed MissionComposite group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3087⇗Kew, William Joseph⇗Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3259⇗Hines, James Wesley⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5444⇗Thompson, Siguard (NMI)⇗Completed MissionMaj. Ketelsen Flight Leader
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29554⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 41-24525.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29632⇗Ashcraft, Archie Bertis⇗Completed MissionBomb release malfunction; dropped 13 bombs on target, two bombs jettisoned in Channel, one returned to base due to malfunction of bomb release mechanism.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29651⇗West, George Berry⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29688⇗Outen, Charles Levi⇗Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29703⇗Robinson, Robert Lawrence⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29717⇗Merritt, James Melvin⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29723⇗Reed, Merlin Howard⇗Completed MissionComposite group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29828⇗Cosentino, George (NMI)⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30026⇗Algar, Philip Morris⇗Completed MissionComposite group, low Squadron lead,
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31045⇗Jeter, Sydney Ryland⇗Completed MissionComposite group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31211⇗MacPhail, Philip Ray⇗Completed MissionComposite group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31222⇗Taylor, Sidney Paul⇗Completed MissionComposite group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31246⇗Jones, William Arch⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31274⇗Herbert, Joseph Robert⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37727⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑39784.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37776⇗Wolf, Richard Vance⇗Completed MissionComposite group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37781⇗Wilson, William Monroe⇗Completed MissionComposite group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37793⇗Covington, Royston Truitt⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37801⇗Estes, Thomas Jefferson⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37816⇗Van der Haeghen, Joseph Albert⇗Completed MissionDeputy
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37848⇗Ulrey, Edgar Ellsworth⇗Completed MissionComposite group, low Squadron deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37885⇗Harvey, Walter Lewis⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37924⇗Kaczaraba, William (NMI)⇗Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑39784⇗Laboda, Joseph Stanley⇗Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑37727.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑39888⇗Jacobs, Randolph George Edward⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗