Mission # 135

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 14 June 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations Show Operations
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 135, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 412
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The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the 41st B Combat Bombardment Wing (41B Wing) and the High Group of the 41st D Combat Bombardment Wing (41D Group) on today's mission. The primary and secondary targets of the 41B Wing were hidden by 10/10 cloud cover, so a target of opportunity (TOO), the airfield at Creil, was bombed by the Lead and High groups: the Low group was forced out of position by sudden maneuvers by the Wing Lead and were unable to follow him on the bomb run to the TOO, resulting in no attack by the Low Group. The High and Low groups returned to England in formation with the Wing ahead of them in the bomber stream. Weather prevented the 41D Group from attacking the primary. After three runs on the primary target, contact with the Lead group was lost, and a decision was made to attempt to find the secondary target. However, weather conditions there were similar, so all bombs were returned to base. Also, because this group had lost contact with its Wing, it returned to base alone.
Primary Target Target: Coulommiers Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Coulommiers, France
Target Attacked (Mode) TOO (Visual)
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Criel, France
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 44
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 3
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 1944-06-14, 41st B Wing, Lead Group, Wing Lead, Nuttall, June⇗

49 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
42‑31222⇗Rosborough, James Edward⇗Completed Mission41B Wing, Lead Group.
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42‑31484⇗Dean, Ralph Merrick⇗Completed Mission41B Wing, High Group, High Squadron Lead.
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42‑32106⇗Cranstoun, Richard Leroy⇗Completed Mission41B Wing, High Group.
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42‑37776⇗Maggart, Richard Lee⇗Completed Mission41B Wing, Low Group. 'Over the target four enemy fighters dove through the formation, shooting off a big chunk of this B-17's stabilizer; a shell went through her wing, grazing a gas tank and a mass of controls, but did no damage. When she reached her hardstand, the sub-depot boys had a new stabilizer there by the time the props stopped turning.'
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42‑37822⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑37982⇗Barnes, Robert Clark⇗Completed Mission41B Wing, Low Group, High Squadron Lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38013⇗Shelley, John Keith⇗Completed Mission41B Wing, High Group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38014⇗June, Glenn Joseph⇗Completed Mission41B Wing, Lead Group, Wing Lead.
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42‑38208⇗Kelly, John Thomas⇗Completed Mission41D Group, Group Deputy.
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42‑39888⇗Gottfried, Raymond Nathan⇗Completed Mission41B Wing, Low Group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97139⇗Meland, Ralph Wendell⇗Completed Mission41B Wing, Lead Group, Wing Deputy.
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42‑97150⇗Hannaford, Vernon Lloyal⇗Completed Mission41D Group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97178⇗Peterson, Walter Thomas⇗Completed Mission41B Wing, High Group, Low Squadron Lead.
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42‑97188⇗Summerville, Robert Dana⇗Failed To Return41B Wing, Low Group. Attacked by about ten enemy aircraft on route to target; aircraft exploded and crashed near Bisseau, France. MACR 580
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97201⇗Roth, Verle Leroy⇗Completed Mission41D Group. Jettisoned bomb load in the English Channel due to battle damage.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97237⇗Pring, Robert Bradford⇗Completed Mission41D Group, High Squadron Deputy.
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42‑97251⇗Gibson, James Allen⇗Completed Mission41B Wing, Lead Group.
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42‑97273⇗Melsen, Howard Carl⇗Completed Mission41B Wing, Lead Group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97282⇗Druckenmiller, Leon Charles⇗Completed Mission41B Wing, Low Group, Low Squadron Deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97309⇗Bagby, Donald Woods⇗Completed Mission41B Wing, High Group.
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42‑97367⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑97449⇗Menke, Robert Arthur⇗Completed Mission41D Group, Low Squadron Deputy.
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42‑97510⇗Sullivan, James Dominic⇗Completed Mission41B Wing, Lead Group. Number 3 engine went out near the primary target (which was not attacked) due to enemy aircraft; forced to jettison bombs in an open field to keep up with the formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97521⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑97824⇗Humbles, Alfred Thomas⇗Completed Mission41D Group, Group Lead. Lead Ground Spare aircraft; replaced 42‑97960.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97941⇗Parks, Oattis Elwyn⇗Completed Mission41B Wing, High Group Lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97948⇗Malone, John James⇗Completed Mission41B Wing, Lead Group, Low Squadron Deputy.
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42‑97960⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare aircraft 42‑97824.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102430⇗Keate, Richard Clifford⇗Completed Mission41B Wing, High Group, High Squadron Deputy.
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42‑102442⇗Peterson, Harold William⇗Completed Mission41B Wing, High Group, Low Squadron Deputy.
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42‑102500⇗Gowder, Charles Fred⇗Completed Mission41B Wing, Lead Group, Low Squadron Lead.
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42‑102501⇗Rucker, David Leroy⇗Completed Mission41B Wing, Lead Group, High Squadron Deputy.
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42‑102601⇗Carey, Gates Chapman⇗Completed Mission41B Wing, Lead Group.
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42‑102617⇗Rimbold, Arthur Arimese⇗Completed Mission41B Wing, Low Group, High Squadron Deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102661⇗Lane, Edward William⇗Completed Mission41B Wing, Low Group, Group Lead.
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42‑102933⇗Stills, James Vernon⇗Completed Mission41B Wing, Lead Group.
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42‑102959⇗Pryor, Oliver McCoy⇗Completed Mission41B Wing, Low Group.
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42‑107057⇗Ungerman, Kenneth Armistead⇗Completed Mission41B Wing, Lead Group, High Squadron Lead.
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42‑107121⇗Kelley, Robert Encil⇗Completed Mission41B Wing, Low Group, Group Deputy.
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42‑107148⇗Pompe, Bernard Joseph⇗Completed Mission41B Wing, High Group Deputy.
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42‑107224⇗Finch, Francis Nelson⇗Completed Mission41B Wing, Low Group.
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43‑37703⇗Strong, Bert Franklin⇗Completed Mission41B Wing, Low Group, Low Squadron Lead.
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43‑37717⇗Liebert, Jack Louis⇗Completed Mission41B Wing, High Group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6105⇗Wortman, Marshall (NMI)⇗Completed Mission41D Group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6109⇗Adams, William Lowell⇗Completed Mission41B Wing, High Group.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6128⇗Hale, Charles Eugene⇗Completed Mission41D Group, Low Squadron Lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6135⇗Wright, James Wiley⇗Completed Mission41D Group, High Squadron Lead.
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44‑6141⇗Murchan, Lawrence Aloysius⇗Completed Mission41B Wing, Low Group.
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44‑6147⇗Burkhard, James Albert⇗Completed Mission41B Wing, High Group.
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