Mission Date | 16 March 1944 |
Eighth Air Force Operations | Operations description not yet available. |
Mission |
384th BG Mission Number 75, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 262
Bad Day At Augsburg The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew two formations on today's mission. A group-sized formation was assigned to the 40th Composite Combat Wing; it could not find its assigned Wing, so it tacked on to the 1st Combat Wing and completed the mission. Also, a single squadron formation was assigned as the low squadron of the Composite High Group of the 41st Combat Wing. The formations were unable to attack the primary target because it was obscured by clouds, so the bombers unloaded on the secondary target, Augsburg, using PFF (RADAR) aiming.
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Primary Target |
Target: Aircraft Assembly & Repair Works Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany |
Target Attacked (Mode) |
Secondary (PFF) Target: City Type: Non-Military Location: Augsburg, Germany |
Sortie/Aircraft Summary |
Completed Mission, not including spares - 21 Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 2 Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed - 1 Scrubbed - 5 Aborted - 3 Failed To Return - 2 |
Mission Personnel | Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗ |
Mission Documents | Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗ |
Aircraft | Pilot | Results | Mission/Sortie Information |
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42‑3441⇗ | Kravet, Marvin Robert⇗ | Spare, Completed Mission | Flying spare; joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑31048⇗ | Poole, George Irvin⇗ | Spare, Completed Mission | Flying spare; joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑31166⇗ | Heffley, Farris Ormond⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑31222⇗ | [N/A] | Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off | Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑97477. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑31235⇗ | Allison, Earl Thomas⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑31346⇗ | Yokie, John Olivi⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑31364⇗ | Goller, Theodore (NMI)⇗ | Completed Mission | Jettisoned bombs at 1130 hrs when aircraft was hit by bombs from Ledbetter aircraft 42‑37801 (MIA); bombs knocked out #2 engine and forced the jettisoning of bombs. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑31375⇗ | Courtemanche, Ralph Eudor⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑31435⇗ | Herbert, Joseph Robert⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron deputy, high group, 40th B Composite Combat Wing. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑31484⇗ | Yelvington, Melton Albert⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron lead, high group, 40th B Composite Combat Wing. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑31495⇗ | [N/A] | Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off | Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑37785. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑31871⇗ | Booska, Maurice Arthur⇗ | Completed Mission | Group deputy, high group, 40th B Combat Wing. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑31926⇗ | Lovell, James MacNaughton⇗ | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | Turned back at 1019 hrs because #2 engine vibrated and overheated and was throwing white and black smoke. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑37785⇗ | [N/A] | Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off | Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑31495. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑37788⇗ | Smith, Roger Clement⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑37792⇗ | Briley, Scott Andrew⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑37801⇗ | Ledbetter, Edwin Dwight⇗ | Failed To Return | Aircraft observed jettisoning bombs and stayed in formation until target was reached where he left formation with all four engines going and appeared to be diving down into the low group; apparently damaged by flak; crashed near Lhuître, France. MACR 3243 SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑37848⇗ | Stier, George Withers⇗ | Failed To Return | Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑97510. After bombing target at 1325 hrs, lost altitude and flew just above undercast; continued in this way for 1.5 hrs and then was lost from sight; damaged by flak; crashed near Grivillers, France. MACR 3244 SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑37974⇗ | Langlois, Robert Ezra⇗ | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | Turned back at 1017 hrs because he was pulling excessive power settings, losing airspeed, stalled out at 115 MPH, and was unable to maintain position in formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑37982⇗ | Clayton, John Earl⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑38013⇗ | Jorgenson, Henry (NMI)⇗ | Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off | Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑38158. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑38014⇗ | MacPhail, Philip Ray⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron lead, composite high group, 41st A Combat Wing. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑38112⇗ | Fioretti, Edward Anthony⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑38158⇗ | LaSeur, William Veryle⇗ | Completed Mission | Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑38013. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑38208⇗ | Stearns, Clarence Grover⇗ | Completed Mission | Group lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑39888⇗ | Foster, James Everett⇗ | Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97081⇗ | Corcoran, John Joseph⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97136⇗ | Baylor, Robert Bledsoe⇗ | Completed Mission | Dropped nickles (propaganda leaflets), in addition to bomb load on target. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97139⇗ | Decker, Charles Edgar⇗ | Completed Mission | Squadron deputy, low Squadron, composite high group, 41st composite combat wing. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97142⇗ | Horton, Lloyd (NMI)⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97449⇗ | Daskey, Kendall (NMI)⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97477⇗ | Miller, James Gilmore⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑31222. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97510⇗ | [N/A] | Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off | Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑37848. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97521⇗ | Pryor, Raymond Thomas⇗ | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | Turned back at 0955 hrs because #3 & #4 engines failed; #1 oil cooler was leaking very badly and the lead was off of sparkplug of #7 cylinder, #2 engine. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |