Mission # 133

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 12 June 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations Show Operations
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 133, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 407
A Different Bridge Destroyed
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Previous Mission
The 384th supplied all three groups of the 41st C Wing, with Col Robert E Travis aboard the Wing Lead aircraft as Air Commander. Clouds obscured the primary target, so the wing attacked a target of opportunity (TOO). Strike photos reveal that the wing bombed a highway bridge across the River Rance, just west of La Ville-ès-Nonais. Target locations taken from Google Maps, with reference to strike photo in mission folder.
Primary Target Target: Railroad Bridge 48°29'N,2°0'W
Type: Transportation
Location: La Vicomté-sur-Rance, France
Target Attacked (Mode) TOO (Visual)
Target: Highway Bridge at 48°32'N,1°58'W
Type: Transportation
Location: La Ville-ès-Nonais, France
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 37
Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 2
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 3
Scrubbed - 2
Mission Personnel Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗

44 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
42‑37758⇗Bagby, Donald Woods⇗Completed MissionLow Group, High Squadron Deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37792⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑37982⇗Melzar, Raymond Augustus⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38013⇗Shelley, John Keith⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38208⇗Humbles, Alfred Thomas⇗Completed MissionLead Group, Wing Deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97139⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑97251.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97142⇗Peck, Harland Kenneth⇗Completed MissionFlying Spare Aircraft. Joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97150⇗Hannaford, Vernon Lloyal⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97178⇗Peterson, Walter Thomas⇗Completed MissionLow Group, High Squadron Lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97188⇗Summerville, Robert Dana⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97201⇗Roth, Verle Leroy⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97237⇗Brown, Billie Barnard⇗Completed MissionLead Group, Low Squadron Deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97251⇗Meland, Ralph Wendell⇗Completed MissionHigh Group Deputy. Ground Spare Aircraft. Replaced 42‑97139.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97271⇗Birckhead, Robert Bruce⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97273⇗Gowder, Charles Fred⇗Completed MissionHigh Group, Low Squadron Lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97282⇗Murchan, Lawrence Aloysius⇗Completed MissionLow Group, Low Squadron Deputy. Ground Spare Aircraft. Replaced 42‑102617, which was transferred to Carey in the lead group. Returned one 2000-pound bomb due to a malfunction in bomb racks.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97309⇗Burkhard, James Albert⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97320⇗James, Robert Huey⇗Spare, Completed MissionFlying Spare Aircraft. Joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97367⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑97824⇗Lane, Edward William⇗Completed MissionLow Group Lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97941⇗Keate, Richard Clifford⇗Completed MissionHigh Group, High Squadron Deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102430⇗Van Every, Russell Meredith⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102442⇗Peterson, Harold William⇗Completed MissionHigh Group, High Squadron Lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102449⇗Brown, Donald Harold⇗Completed MissionLead Group, Wing Lead. Col. William L Travis aboard as Combat Wing Air Commander.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102459⇗Fairfield, William Adelbert⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102500⇗Rosborough, James Edward⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102501⇗Rucker, David Leroy⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102518⇗Dean, Ralph Merrick⇗Completed MissionLead Group, High Squadron Lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102601⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by 42‑102617, from Murchan in High Group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102617⇗Carey, Gates Chapman⇗Completed MissionHigh Group, Low Squadron Deputy. This aircraft originally assigned to Murchan, high group; replaced 42‑102601.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102620⇗Shearer, Wilbur Lee⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102661⇗Kelley, Robert Encil⇗Completed MissionLow Group Deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102933⇗Stills, James Vernon⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102959⇗Halasz, John Julius⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107057⇗Ungerman, Kenneth Armistead⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107064⇗Stevens, Raymond Robert⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107125⇗June, Glenn Joseph⇗Completed MissionHigh Group Lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107148⇗[N/A]Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑107224⇗Maggart, Richard Lee⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37703⇗Strong, Bert Franklin⇗Completed MissionLow Group, Low Squadron Lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6080⇗Menke, Robert Arthur⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6105⇗Wortman, Marshall (NMI)⇗Completed MissionLead Group, Low Squadron Lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6109⇗Adams, William Lowell⇗Completed MissionLead Group, High Squadron Deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6128⇗Hale, Charles Eugene⇗Spare, Completed MissionFlying Spare Aircraft. Joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗