Mission # 126

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 5 June 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations Show Operations
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 126, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 392
Two Targets Attacked
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The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided three 12-aircraft groups forming the 41st A Combat Bombardment Wing for today's mission. The 41A Wing led this 1st Air Division Air Task Force of six Wings. While the High and Low Groups bombed the primary on the first run, the Lead Group had trouble locating the target with enough accuracy to release its bombs. After a second unsuccessful run, the Lead Group attacked a target of opportunity (TOO) - another artillery battery - near Morsalines, France.
Primary Target Target: Field Artillery Battery
Type: Military
Location: La Fosse, France
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (Visual)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 36
Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed - 3
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 2
Scrubbed - 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 1944-06-05, Low Group Lead, Lead Crew Photo, O. Parks, D. Bennett⇗
1944-06-05, High Group Lead, Lead Crew Photo, Stallings, C. G. Smith⇗

42 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⇗Menke, Robert Arthur⇗Completed MissionLead Group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31484⇗Pompe, Bernard Joseph⇗Completed MissionLow Group Deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37792⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑102459.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37822⇗Halasz, John Julius⇗Completed MissionHigh Group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37974⇗Gottfried, Raymond Nathan⇗Completed MissionLow Group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37982⇗James, Robert Huey⇗Completed MissionHigh Group, High Squadron Lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38013⇗Shelley, John Keith⇗Completed MissionLead Group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38014⇗Smith, Charles Grover⇗Completed MissionHigh Group Lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38208⇗Kelly, John Thomas⇗Completed MissionLead Group, Wing Deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑39888⇗Maggart, Richard Lee⇗Completed MissionLead Group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97139⇗[N/A]Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑97142⇗June, Glenn Joseph⇗Completed MissionHigh Group Deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97150⇗Hannaford, Vernon Lloyal⇗Completed MissionLead Group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97178⇗Burkhard, James Albert⇗Completed MissionLow Group, Low Squadron Deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97188⇗Eakins, Robert Nathanial⇗Completed MissionLead Group, High Squadron Deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97201⇗Roth, Verle Leroy⇗Completed MissionLead Group, Low Squadron Deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97204⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑97237⇗Humbles, Alfred Thomas⇗Completed MissionLead Group, Low Squadron Lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97271⇗Birckhead, Robert Bruce⇗Completed MissionLow Group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97273⇗Gibson, James Allen⇗Completed MissionHigh Group, Low Squadron Deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97282⇗Melzar, Raymond Augustus⇗Completed MissionLow Group, High Squadron Deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97309⇗Kirkpatrick, William Hugh⇗Completed MissionLow Group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97320⇗Kelley, Robert Encil⇗Completed MissionLead Group, High Squadron Lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97449⇗Pring, Robert Bradford⇗Completed MissionLead Group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97510⇗Carey, Gates Chapman⇗Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97521⇗Cranstoun, Richard Leroy⇗Completed MissionLow Group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97574⇗Pryor, Raymond Thomas⇗Completed MissionLead Group, Wing Lead. PFF ship and unidentified crew members provided by the 305th BG, Chelveston, AAF Station 105.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102430⇗Bagby, Donald Woods⇗Completed MissionLow Group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102442⇗Peterson, Harold William⇗Completed MissionLow Group, Low Squadron Lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102459⇗Liebert, Jack Louis⇗Flying Spare, Returned As BriefedGround Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑37792.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102500⇗Gowder, Charles Fred⇗Completed MissionHigh Group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102501⇗Rucker, David Leroy⇗Completed MissionHigh Group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102518⇗Adams, William Lowell⇗Completed MissionLow Group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102601⇗Thoma, Edward Paul⇗Completed MissionHigh Group, Low Squadron Lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102617⇗Rimbold, Arthur Arimese⇗Completed MissionHigh Group, High Squadron Deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102620⇗Fitzgerald, Thomas Howard⇗Completed MissionHigh Group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102661⇗Strong, Bert Franklin⇗Completed MissionLow Group, High Squadron Lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107057⇗Ungerman, Kenneth Armistead⇗Completed MissionHigh Group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107058⇗Peck, Harland Kenneth⇗Completed MissionHigh Group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107064⇗Stevens, Raymond Robert⇗Completed MissionLead Group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107148⇗Bennett, Dewayne (NMI)⇗Completed MissionLow Group Lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6080⇗Brown, Billie Barnard⇗Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed SORTIE REPORT ⇗