Mission # 111

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 21 May 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 111, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 360
Mixed Results Today
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The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the first and fourth groups in the 41st Combat Bombardment Wing's Order of Battle (referred to as A and B Groups in Group records) on today's mission. The A Group flew the mission as briefed with little difficulty, attacking the target using Gee-H aiming. The B Group was not able to rendezvous with the assigned lead Gee-H equipped aircraft from the 379th BG at Kimbolton (Station 117), and, although they tried to catch up with another group and bomb with them, were unable to attack any target.
Primary Target Target: NOBALL (Supergun Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Mimoyecques, France
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (Gee-H)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 11
Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 2
Returned To Base - 12
Flight Completed - 1
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⇗
Other Mission Documents 1944-05-21, Group A Lead, R. Thacker, P. N. Bennett⇗

32 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
42‑3440⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑37776⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, UnusedThis aircraft appears to have been scrubbed by Rucker, and repaired for use as a Ground Spare aircraft.
42‑37785⇗Gottfried, Raymond Nathan⇗Returned To BaseGroup B.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37822⇗Halasz, John Julius⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Group B. Turned back and landed at RAF Manston, Kent, due to failure of #2 engine.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37982⇗James, Robert Huey⇗Returned To BaseGroup B Low Squadron Deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38208⇗Armstrong, Lloyd Rowland⇗Flight CompletedWeather aircraft; remainder of crew (CP, N, Eng, RO) not identified.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97072⇗Humbles, Alfred Thomas⇗Spare, Completed MissionGroup A Flying Spare. Joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97178⇗Peterson, Walter Thomas⇗Returned To BaseGroup B High Squadron Deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97188⇗Sammons, Gerald Busby⇗Returned To BaseGroup B.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97201⇗Hale, Charles Eugene⇗Completed MissionGroup A.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97204⇗Kelsay, Omar Frank⇗Completed MissionGroup A.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97271⇗Bagby, Donald Woods⇗Returned To BaseGroup B.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97273⇗Berbrich, John Martin⇗Completed MissionGroup A Low Squadron Lead. Landed away at RAF Wratting Common, Cambridgeshire, on return.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97282⇗Druckenmiller, Leon Charles⇗Returned To BaseGroup B.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97309⇗Kirkpatrick, William Hugh⇗Returned To BaseGroup B High Squadron Lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97367⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare aircraft 42‑102566.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97449⇗Castleman, Milton Eugene⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Group A High Squadron Lead. Turned back at 1246 hrs because of an internal failure in #1 engine.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97521⇗Rimbold, Arthur Arimese⇗Returned To BaseGroup B Flying Spare. Joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102402⇗Kelly, John Thomas⇗Completed MissionGroup A Deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102430⇗Adams, William Lowell⇗Returned To BaseGroup B Flying Spare. Joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102442⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑102449⇗Bennett, Phillip Nathan⇗Completed MissionGroup A Lead. Gee-H ship.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102459⇗Lane, Edward William⇗Returned To BaseGroup B Low Squadron Lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102500⇗Gowder, Charles Fred⇗Completed MissionGroup A.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102501⇗Meland, Ralph Wendell⇗Completed MissionGroup A.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102518⇗Dean, Ralph Merrick⇗Returned To BaseGroup B.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102566⇗Brown, Billie Barnard⇗Completed MissionGroup A High Squadron Deputy. Ground Spare aircraft; replaced 42‑97367.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102620⇗Gekakis, Anthony⇗Completed MissionGroup A.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107057⇗Shearer, Wilbur Lee⇗Completed MissionGroup A. Landed away at RAF Wratting Common, Cambridgeshire, on return.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107083⇗Rucker, David Leroy⇗Spare, Completed MissionGroup A Flying Spare. Joined formation. Ground Spare aircraft; replaced 42‑37776.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107121⇗June, Glenn Joseph⇗Completed MissionGroup A Low Squadron Deputy. Landed away at RAF Wratting Common, Cambridgeshire, on return.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107148⇗Bennett, Dewayne (NMI)⇗Returned To BaseGroup B Deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗