Mission # 116

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 27 May 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations Show Operations
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 116, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 373
Bad Day For The Railroad
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The 384th Bombardment Group (H) Flew two groups today, the lead and low groups of the 41st A Combat Bombardment Wing. Weather at the primary target was clear enough for visual bombing. The lead group's bombs hit the primary target area, and the low group aimed at adjacent railroad shops, with their bombs falling across the primary target and the shops.
Primary Target Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Mannheim, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (Visual)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 37
Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 2
Flight Completed - 1
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 3
Scrubbed - 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 27 May 1944, Low Group, Lead Crew, Koehne/Lane⇗

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
42‑3441⇗MacFarlane, Menzies James⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Lead Group, Flying Spare aircraft. Turned back at 1053 hrs because Tokyo tank would not feed.
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42‑31484⇗Sammons, Gerald Busby⇗Completed MissionLow Group Deputy.
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42‑32106⇗Cranstoun, Richard Leroy⇗Completed MissionLow Group, High Squadron Deputy. Forced to jettison bomb load at 1212 hrs because one of his engines went out.
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42‑37758⇗Fitzgerald, Thomas Howard⇗Completed MissionLead Group, High Squadron Deputy.
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42‑37785⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑37788⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑37974⇗Hall, Barney Marcus⇗Completed MissionLow Group. Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑97521. This crew took off in 42‑97521 but landed immediately because #3 engine was running rough.
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42‑37982⇗James, Robert Huey⇗Completed MissionLow Group.
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42‑38013⇗Inman, Loren Alexander⇗Completed MissionLead Group, Low Squadron Deputy.
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42‑38014⇗[N/A]Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑39888⇗Maggart, Richard Lee⇗Completed MissionLow Group.
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42‑97072⇗Wright, James Wiley⇗Completed MissionLead Group, Low Squadron Lead. Jettisoned bombs two minutes after target due to personnel failure.
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42‑97139⇗Sullivan, James Dominic⇗Completed MissionLead Group.
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42‑97178⇗Peterson, Walter Thomas⇗Completed MissionLow Group.
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42‑97188⇗Halasz, John Julius⇗Spare, Completed MissionLow Group, Flying Spare Aircraft. Joined formation.
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42‑97201⇗Pring, Robert Bradford⇗Completed MissionLead Group.
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42‑97204⇗Brown, Billie Barnard⇗Completed MissionLead Group.
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42‑97237⇗Hale, Charles Eugene⇗Completed MissionLead Group.
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42‑97251⇗Carey, Gates Chapman⇗Completed MissionLow Group.
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42‑97263⇗Brown, Donald Harold⇗Completed MissionLead Group, High Squadron Lead.
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42‑97271⇗Adams, William Lowell⇗Completed MissionLow Group.
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42‑97273⇗Gowder, Charles Fred⇗Completed MissionLead Group.
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42‑97282⇗Boger, Eugene Arthur⇗Completed MissionLow Group. Landed away at Boxted Airfield, AAF Station 150, on return due to low fuel.
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42‑97309⇗Pompe, Bernard Joseph⇗Completed MissionLow Group, High Squadron Lead.
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42‑97449⇗Wortman, Marshall (NMI)⇗Completed MissionLead Group.
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42‑97521⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffLanded immediately after taking off because #3 engine was running rough. Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑37974.
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42‑97573⇗Kirkpatrick, William Hugh⇗Completed MissionLow Group.
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42‑97574⇗Smith, Dale Orville⇗Completed MissionLead Group, Wing Lead. PFF ship provided by the 305th BG, Chelveston, AAF Station 105.
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42‑97699⇗Pryor, Raymond Thomas⇗Completed MissionLead Group, Wing Deputy. PFF ship provided by the 305th BG, Chelveston, AAF Station 105.
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42‑102430⇗Birckhead, Robert Bruce⇗Completed MissionLow Group.
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42‑102449⇗Kelly, John Thomas⇗Flight CompletedWeather aircraft; remainder of crew (CP, N, RO, Eng) not identified.
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42‑102500⇗Thoma, Edward Paul⇗Completed MissionLead Group.
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42‑102501⇗Rucker, David Leroy⇗Completed MissionLead Group.
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42‑102518⇗Dean, Ralph Merrick⇗Completed MissionLow Group, Low Squadron Deputy.
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42‑102566⇗Van Every, Russell Meredith⇗Spare, Completed MissionLow Group, Flying Spare Aircraft. Joined formation.
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42‑102601⇗Rosborough, James Edward⇗Completed MissionLead Group.
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42‑102617⇗Rimbold, Arthur Arimese⇗Completed MissionLow Group.
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42‑102620⇗Ungerman, Kenneth Armistead⇗Completed MissionLead Group.
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42‑102661⇗Kelley, Robert Encil⇗Completed MissionLow Group.
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42‑107057⇗Peck, Harland Kenneth⇗Completed MissionLead Group.
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42‑107064⇗Stevens, Raymond Robert⇗Completed MissionLead Group.
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42‑107121⇗Gibson, James Allen⇗Completed MissionLead Group.
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42‑107125⇗Bagby, Donald Woods⇗Completed MissionLow Group.
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42‑107148⇗Peterson, Harold William⇗Completed MissionLow Group, Low Squadron Lead.
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42‑107221⇗Lane, Edward William⇗Completed MissionLow Group Lead.
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