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Mission # 180

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 14 August 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
384th Bomb Group Mission
384th BG Mission Number 180, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 552
Airfield Bombed
The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided all three groups of the 41st A Combat Bombardment Wing on today's mission. Continuing to apply pressure on the Luftwaffe's defense capability, the 384th added its bombs to those of other combat wings. All three groups (lead, high, low) hit their assigned aim points with satisfactory accuracy, bringing victory closer.
Primary Target Target: Echterdingen Airdrome
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Stuttgart, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (Visual)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 35
Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed - 1
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 1
Aborted - 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 1944-08-14, Low Group Lead, G. Sammons, W. Fairfield
1944-08-14, High Group Lead, J. Shelley, J. McCartney
1944-08-14, Wing Lead, W. Travis, R. Vinnedge

38 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
42‑31484Pluhar, Emil EdwardCompleted MissionLead group.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑37822Levine, Max (NMI)Completed MissionHigh group hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑38208Hicks, Ralph BenjaminCompleted MissionHigh group.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑39888Hepler, Wilbur DavidCompleted MissionLow group.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑97142Pranger, Nicholas VincentCompleted MissionLow Squadron lead, lead group.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑97150Rowe, George BCompleted MissionHigh group.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑97204Bennett, John RCompleted MissionHigh group.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑97282Patella, Joseph DavidCompleted MissionLow group.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑97320Hughes, Robert DavisAborted Mission After Taking Off.Low group. Turned back with a broken exhaust stack in #3 engine.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑97510Cline, Walter WilliamCompleted MissionLead group.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑97557Vinnedge, Roy AlanCompleted MissionWing lead. PFF ship. Col. William L Travis, 41st Bomb Wing, aboard as combat wing commander.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑98000Lindberg, Gilbert RCompleted MissionLow group.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑102430Robertson, Vernon MerrillCompleted MissionHigh section deputy, high group.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑102449McCartney, James ThomasCompleted MissionHigh group lead.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑102459Gabel, Raymond JohnCompleted MissionLow group hot camera ship. Landed away at RAF Syerston, Nottinghamshire, on return, for unknown reasons.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑102501Causa, Raymond (NMI)Completed MissionLead group hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑102518Hunt, John HardyCompleted MissionHigh group.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑102566Wood, Rodney JCompleted MissionHigh section deputy, lead group.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑102601Green, Loren LesterCompleted MissionLow group.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑102620Henderson, William VincentCompleted MissionLead group.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑102661Fairfield, William AdelbertCompleted MissionLow Group Lead.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑102933Durdin, Larkin ClaytonCompleted MissionLow group deputy and hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑107058Cepits, Francis FrederickCompleted MissionLead group.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑107083Malone, John JamesCompleted MissionLead group.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑107121Davis, L K (IO)Completed MissionWing deputy and hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT
42‑107125[N/A]Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
43‑37822Plowman, Noel ElwinCompleted MissionLead group. Originally assigned to Johnstone as low group flying spare; replaced 42‑97251. Apparently this was due to the limited availability of ground spares.
SORTIE REPORT
43‑37843Bean, Donald WCompleted MissionHigh group.
SORTIE REPORT
43‑37917Farra, Robert LeslieCompleted MissionHigh section lead, lead group.
SORTIE REPORT
43‑37971McDaniel, Clifford FranklinCompleted MissionHigh section lead, high group.
SORTIE REPORT
43‑37990Lynch, Edward ThomasCompleted MissionLow Squadron deputy, high group.
SORTIE REPORT
43‑38062Carlson, Walter ElmerCompleted MissionLow group.
SORTIE REPORT
44‑6080Neville, Harry WalterCompleted MissionHigh group deputy and hot camera ship.
SORTIE REPORT
44‑6105Bills, Edgar LFlying Spare, Returned As BriefedHigh group.
SORTIE REPORT
44‑6135Peters, Lloyd ArmanCompleted MissionHigh section deputy, low group.
SORTIE REPORT
44‑6141Combs, William FelixCompleted MissionLow Squadron lead, low group.
SORTIE REPORT
44‑6294Martin, Donald FrancisCompleted MissionHigh section lead, low group.
SORTIE REPORT
44‑8011Soester, Wilbur LeroyCompleted MissionLow Squadron lead, high group.
SORTIE REPORT