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MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 22 June 1943
VIII Bomber Command Operations Show Operations
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 1, VIII BC Mission Number 65
First 384th Combat Mission
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Col Budd J. Peaslee led the 384th Bombardment Group (H) on this mission, a "Secondary Effort" for the day, consisting of the 384th followed by the 381st BG. The 384th put up 20 aircraft for this mission; two B-17s failed to return, 10 crewmembers were KIA, 1 was MIA, 9 became POW, and 4 were wounded.
Primary Target Target: General Motors Truck Factory
Type: Industry
Location: Antwerp, Belgium
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (Visual)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 18
Ditched - 1
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 1
Scrubbed - 1
Failed To Return - 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 1943-06-22, Group Lead, B. Peaslee, G. Hankinson⇗

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⇗Edwards, Floyd Clinton⇗Completed MissionTail gunner's feet were frostbitten.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3218⇗Armstrong, Lloyd Rowland⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3222⇗Mattes, Frank George⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3231⇗Carrington, Richard Thompson⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron Lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3317⇗Witt, Francis John⇗Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffRemainder of crew not identified in mission documents.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5848⇗Ogilvie, Donald Potter⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5849⇗Riches, George William⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5850⇗Dillingham, Maurice Stanley⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron Lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5852⇗Butler, Johnny Addison⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5853⇗Disney, Frederick Guilsome⇗Failed To Return: DitchedDamaged by enemy aircraft; ditched in English Channel.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29956⇗Hausenfluck, Jesse Dee⇗Ground Spare Aircraft, UnusedGround Spare aircraft and Crew; did not take off; remainder of crew not identified in mission documentsA
42‑30005⇗Henderson, Lykes Shelton⇗Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft and Crew. Replaced Witt. Landed first with wounded aboard.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30026⇗Algar, Philip Morris⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30032⇗Dietel, William (NMI)⇗Completed MissionAdditional non-384th crewmember, Maj G E Hagenbuch, appears on the loading list as an instructor pilot (IP).
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30033⇗Kelly, James Henry⇗Completed MissionGroup Deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30040⇗Rosio, Joseph (NMI)⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30043⇗Hankinson, Gordon Joshua⇗Completed MissionGroup Lead. PDI not on zero, one ball turret gun failed to fire also radio. No apparent reason.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30046⇗Wilson, Clayton Russell⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30065⇗Keck, George Blackburn⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron Deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30076⇗Olbinski, Robert James⇗Failed To ReturnShot down by enemy aircraft; crashed near Wilhelminadoorp, The Netherlands. MACR 2165
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30139⇗Roberts, James Richard⇗Completed MissionBomb rack did not work on toggle; bombs jettisoned in the Channel.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30143⇗Hall, Ralph Jackson⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron Deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗