Mission # 7

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date	10 July 1943
VIII Bomber Command Operations	Show Operations > Mission Number 72: >> 121 B-17's and 5 YB-40's are dispatched to the Caen/Carpiquet Airfield and 64 B-17's are dispatched to the Abbevile/Drucat Airfield, both in France; 34 hit Caen at 0832 hours while 36 hit Abbeville at 0729-0735 hours; they claim 17-7-6 Luftwaffe aircraft; 1 B-17 is lost while 33 others are damaged; casualties are 1 WIA and 10 MIA. >> In a second raid, 101 B-17's are dispatched against Le Bourget Airfield, Paris but the mission is abandoned due to cloud cover. Source: Jack McKillop, Rutgers University, used with permission. Hide Operations
384^th Bomb Group Mission	384th BG Mission Number 7, VIII BC Mission Number 72 Luftwaffe Airfield Attacked Next Mission Previous Mission The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the low group of the 103rd Combat Wing, the single Wing making up the "Secondary Effort" of today's mission. Good visibility at the target permitted accurate bombing.
Primary Target	Target: Drucat Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Abbeville, France
Target Attacked (Mode)	Primary (Visual)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary	Completed Mission, not including spares - 15 Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 3 Scrubbed - 1 Aborted - 3
Mission Personnel	Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents	Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗

22 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
42‑3216⇗	[N/A]	Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
42‑3218⇗	Armstrong, Lloyd Rowland⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3222⇗	Mattes, Frank George⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3231⇗	Carrington, Richard Thompson⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3330⇗	Munday, James Stanley⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off.	Lead Group. Ground Spare Aircraft: replaced 42‑5883. Turned back because #2 engine was 'thought to be out.' Apparently the co-pilot feathered #2 after the engineer test-fired the top turret guns, thinking the engine had 'blown up.' Bomb load returned to base. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5838⇗	Frink, Horace Everett⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5843⇗	Pulcipher, Ralph Robert⇗	Completed Mission	High Squadron lead, Group Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5849⇗	Sierens, Ernest Joseph⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5852⇗	Butler, Johnny Addison⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5883⇗	[N/A]	Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off	Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑3330. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29768⇗	Willing, Mark Skinner⇗	Completed Mission	High Squadron Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29985⇗	Lecates, Robert Leslie⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30026⇗	Algar, Philip Morris⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30030⇗	[N/A]	Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
42‑30032⇗	Dietel, William (NMI)⇗	Completed Mission	Group Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30033⇗	Kelly, James Henry⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off.	Lead Group. Turned back because #1 engine was 'throwing an excessive amount of oil.' Oil was found to contain contaminants (pieces of babbitt metal and bits of safety wire). SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30039⇗	Halseth, Edwin Scofield⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off.	Lead Group. Turned back because #2 engine began to 'miss and vibrate' so it was feathered. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30043⇗	Ogilvie, Donald Potter⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30046⇗	Wilson, Clayton Russell⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30139⇗	Hall, Ralph Jackson⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30147⇗	[N/A]	Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
42‑30196⇗	Armstrong, James Edwin⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗