Mission # 146

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date	25 June 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations	Show Operations > Mission 441: During the morning 658 bombers are dispatched to hit targets in France; 7 bombers are lost: >> Air Task Force 1. Of 263 B-17s, 104 hit Toulouse/Francazal Airfield, 72 hit Toulouse/Blangnac Airfield and 64 hit Montbartier oil depot; 5 B-17s are lost, 1 is damaged beyond repair and 114 damaged; 10 airmen are KIA, 5 WIA and 45 MIA. >>> Escort is provided by 46 P-38s, 36 P-47s and 146 P-51s; they claim 10-0-1 Luftwaffe aircraft; 1 P-51 is lost (pilot is MIA). >> Air Task Force 2. Of 258 B-24s, 43 hit targets of opportunity, 23 hit Beuvry, 18 hit Mazingarbe, 12 hit Aube-sur-Risle, 12 hit Doullens, 12 hit La Vaupalier, 12 hit Peronne Airfield, 11 hit Amiens/St Maurice, 11 hit Calais, 11 hit Tingry, 10 hit Abbeville, 10 hit St Omer/Longuenesse, 8 hit Boulogne, 8 hit Holque, 7 hit Nunque, 7 hit Pont-a-Vendin, 2 hit Chocques; 1 B-24 is lost, 1 is damaged beyond repair and 26 damaged; 1 airman is KIA and 2 WIA. >>> Escort is provided by 68 P-47s and 34 P-51s without loss. >> Air Task Force 3. Of 137 B-24s, 59 hit St Avord Airfield and 48 hit Bourge Airfield; 1 B-24 is lost; 10 airmen are MIA. >>> Escort is provided by 102 P-38s and 44 P-47s; they claim 8-0-4 Luftwaffe aircraft without loss. >Mission 442: During the midday 463 bombers are dispatched to targets in France; 6 bombers are lost, escort is provided by 127 P-38s, 35 P-47s and 181 P-51s; they claim 4-0-3 Luftwaffe aircraft; 1 P-51 is lost (pilot is MIA): >> Air Task Force 1. Of 274 B-24s, 63 hit Villacoublay air depot, 35 hit Bretigny Airfield and 11 hit Buc Airfield; 5 B-24s are lost, 2 damaged beyond repair and 104 damaged; 11 airmen are KIA, 7 WIA and 59 MIA. >> Air Task Force 2. Of 189 B-17s, 70 hit Soigny Bridge, 38 hit Sens Bridge, 28 hit Clamecy, 21 hit Auxerre Bridge, 21 hit Nanteuil, 20 hit Nogent, 18 hit Orly Airfield, 13 hit Romilly-sur-Seine, 12 hit Folous, 12 hit Etampes/Mondesir Airfield and 3 hit Orly marshalling yard; 1 B-17 is lost and 20 damaged; 2 airmen are WIA and 19 MIA. > 41 of 43 P-47s fly a fighter-bomber mission against Evreux/Fauville landing ground. > In the USSR, B-17s and P-51s are flown, at daybreak, from dispersal bases to Poltava and Mirgorod and loaded and fueled with intentions of bombing the oil refinery at Drohobycz, Poland and proceed to base in Italy. Bad weather cancels the mission until tomorrow. The aircraft return to dispersal bases for the night as precaution against air attacks. > 24 B-24s fly CARPETBAGGER mission. Source: Jack McKillop, Rutgers University, used with permission. Hide Operations
384^th Bomb Group Mission	384th BG Mission Number 146, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 442 Tactical Bridges Attacked Next Mission Previous Mission The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided three group formations to form the entire 41st A Combat Bombardment Wing on today's mission. Three additional 384th aircraft and crews were assigned to fly with with the 41st B CBW to attack a different bridge, but were unable to effect a rendezvous with the wing, and joined a 92nd BG formation to bomb their target. Good bombing weather was found in the target areas, permitting generally good results.
Primary Target	Target: Railroad Bridge & Embankment Type: Transportation Location: Sens, France
Target Attacked (Mode)	Primary (Visual)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary	Completed Mission, not including spares - 37 Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 2 Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 3 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⇗

45 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
42‑32106⇗	Bagby, Donald Woods⇗	Completed Mission	Assigned to fly as the second section, high composite Squadron, high group, 41st B' wing; unable to rendezvous with the assigned group, joined a formation of the 92nd BG and bombed with them. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37974⇗	Allred, Frank Lavon⇗	Completed Mission	Assigned to fly as the second section, high composite Squadron, high group, 41st B' wing; unable to rendezvous with the assigned group, joined a formation of the 92nd BG and bombed with them. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37982⇗	Melzar, Raymond Augustus⇗	Completed Mission	High Squadron lead, low group, 41st A wing. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38013⇗	Shelley, John Keith⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron lead, lead group, 41st A wing. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38208⇗	Humbles, Alfred Thomas⇗	Completed Mission	41st A wing lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑39888⇗	Durdin, Larkin Clayton⇗	Completed Mission	High Squadron deputy, low group 41st A wing. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97142⇗	Koch, Robert Bruce⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97150⇗	Brown, Billie Barnard⇗	Completed Mission	Assigned to fly as the second section lead, high composite Squadron, high group, 41st B' wing; unable to rendezvous with the assigned group, joined a formation of the 92nd BG and bombed with them. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97178⇗	Peterson, Walter Thomas⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron lead, low group, 41st A wing. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97251⇗	Gibson, James Allen⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97263⇗	Dudock, Edward Peter⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97271⇗	Pluhar, Emil Edward⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97273⇗	Hayes, Edgar Jerome⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off.	Turned back, reasons unknown. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97282⇗	Druckenmiller, Leon Charles⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97320⇗	Wilson, Quentin (NMI)⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97367⇗	MacFarlane, Menzies James⇗	Spare, Completed Mission	Flying spare; joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97449⇗	[N/A]	Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off	Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑107064. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97510⇗	[N/A]	Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
42‑97521⇗	Young, Daniel Monroe⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97941⇗	Bennett, Dewayne (NMI)⇗	Completed Mission	Low group lead, 41st A wing. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97948⇗	Fitzgerald, Thomas Howard⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102442⇗	[N/A]	Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
42‑102459⇗	Murchan, Lawrence Aloysius⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102500⇗	Rucker, David Leroy⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron lead, high group, 41st A wing. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102501⇗	Peck, Harland Kenneth⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102518⇗	Keate, Richard Clifford⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102566⇗	Olson, Norman (NMI)⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron deputy, low group, 41st A wing. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102601⇗	Carey, Gates Chapman⇗	Spare, Completed Mission	Flying spare; joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102620⇗	Shearer, Wilbur Lee⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron deputy, high group, 41st A wing. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102661⇗	[N/A]	Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
42‑102933⇗	Meland, Ralph Wendell⇗	Completed Mission	High group lead, 41st A wing. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102959⇗	Halasz, John Julius⇗	Completed Mission	High Squadron lead, lead group, 41st A wing. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107064⇗	Hannaford, Vernon Lloyal⇗	Completed Mission	Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑97449. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107083⇗	Rosborough, James Edward⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off.	Turned back, reasons unknown. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107121⇗	Ungerman, Kenneth Armistead⇗	Completed Mission	High group deputy, 41st A wing. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107148⇗	Kirkpatrick, William Hugh⇗	Completed Mission	Low group deputy, 41st A wing. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107224⇗	Maggart, Richard Lee⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37703⇗	Norton, Paul E⇗	Completed Mission	High Squadron deputy, high group, 41st A wing. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37717⇗	Liebert, Jack Louis⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6080⇗	Stevens, Raymond Robert⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6105⇗	Menke, Robert Arthur⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6109⇗	Anderson, Earl Overlade⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6128⇗	Lynch, Edward Thomas⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6141⇗	James, Robert Huey⇗	Completed Mission	High Squadron lead, high group, 41st A wing. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6149⇗	Mount, Dick Wilson⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗