384th BG Mission

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date	15 June 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations	Show Operations > Mission 414: 1,361 bombers are dispatched in 8 forces to bomb an oil refinery Germany and numerous tactical targets in France, including 9 airfields, an aircraft plant, a CROSSBOW (V-weapon) site, 11 bridges, a marshalling yard, and various scattered targets; 2 B-17s are lost: >> Air Task Force #1. Of 747 B-17s dispatched, 172 hit the Hannover/Misburg oil refinery, 16 hit Wilster, 16 hit Wesermunde, 2 hit the Hannover area and 1 hits Helgoland Island, Germany; in France, 144 hit Bordeaux/Merignac Airfield, 71 hit Nantes railroad bridge N, 71 hit La Poissonniere rail viaduct, 70 hit Angouleme marshalling yard, 59 hit Beauvoir V-weapon site, 46 hit Nantes railroad bridge S, 12 hit Gael Airfield and 10 hit a viaduct N of Nantes; 2 B-17s are lost, 1 damaged beyond repair and 267 damaged; 7 airmen are WIA and 18 MIA. >> Air Task Force #2. Of 614 B-24s dispatched to France, 89 hit Le Port Boulet railroad bridge, 61 hit Evreux/Fauville Airfield, 59 hit Tours-la-Frillerie, 54 hit Tours-La Rice railroad bridge, 46 hit Guyancourt Airfield, 45 hit Etampes/ Modesir Airfield, 44 hit Cinq Mars bridge, 27 hit St Cyr, 21 hit Buc Airfield, 12 hit Tours-La Riche highway bridge, 12 hit Le Mans Airfield, 12 hit Orleans/Saran Airfield and 8 hit targets of opportunity; 12 B-24s use Azon missiles against Étaples railroad bridge and 7 others use the missiles against the Pecrone railroad bridge. > Fighter operations are: >> 1. 96 P-38s, 202 P-47s and 211 P-51s escort the bombers and claim 5-0-5 Luftwaffe aircraft; 2 P-38s and 1 P-51 are lost with the pilots MIA. >> 2. 36 of 48 P-47s bomb Étaples, France; 1 P-47s is lost (pilot is MIA). >> 3. 177 of 185 P-38s fly a fighter sweep in front of the bomber forces without loss. Source: Jack McKillop, Rutgers University, used with permission. Hide Operations
Mission	384th BG Mission Number 136, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 414 Railroad Bridge Damaged Next Mission Previous Mission The 384th Bombardment Group (H) formed the entire 41st B Combat Bombardment Wing, the sixth and last Wing of Air Task Force #2 on today's mission. The objective of the mission was to cut a main supply route for enemy troops in the invasion area. The primary target was bombed from an altitude of 15,000 feet, in CAVU conditions, with good results.
Primary Target	Target: Railroad Viaduct Type: Transportation Location: La Possonnièrre, France
Target Attacked (Mode)	Primary (Visual)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary	Completed Mission, not including spares - 36 Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 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	15 June 1944, Lead Group, Wing Lead, Buck, D. Brown⇗

37 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
42‑31484⇗	[N/A]	Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
42‑37822⇗	Pryor, Oliver McCoy⇗	Completed Mission	High Group, High Squadron Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38013⇗	Shelley, John Keith⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38014⇗	Meland, Ralph Wendell⇗	Completed Mission	Low Group Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38208⇗	Wright, James Wiley⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Group, Wing Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑39888⇗	Eakins, Robert Nathanial⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Group, High Squadron Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97139⇗	Melsen, Howard Carl⇗	Completed Mission	Low Group Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97150⇗	Hannaford, Vernon Lloyal⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97178⇗	Peterson, Walter Thomas⇗	Completed Mission	High Group, Low Squadron Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97204⇗	Pring, Robert Bradford⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Group, Low Squadron Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97251⇗	Rosborough, James Edward⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97263⇗	Lynch, Edward Thomas⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97271⇗	Birckhead, Robert Bruce⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97282⇗	Druckenmiller, Leon Charles⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97309⇗	Cranstoun, Richard Leroy⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97320⇗	Fairfield, William Adelbert⇗	Completed Mission	High Group, High Squadron Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97941⇗	Pompe, Bernard Joseph⇗	Completed Mission	High Group Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97948⇗	Malone, John James⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97960⇗	Brown, Donald Harold⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Group, Wing Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102442⇗	Peterson, Harold William⇗	Completed Mission	High Group, Low Squadron Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102500⇗	Gowder, Charles Fred⇗	Completed Mission	Low Group, Low Squadron Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102601⇗	Carey, Gates Chapman⇗	Completed Mission	Low Group, Low Squadron Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102620⇗	Shearer, Wilbur Lee⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102661⇗	Rimbold, Arthur Arimese⇗	Completed Mission	Low Group, High Squadron Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102933⇗	Stills, James Vernon⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102959⇗	Halasz, John Julius⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107064⇗	Menke, Robert Arthur⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107148⇗	Dean, Ralph Merrick⇗	Completed Mission	High Group Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107224⇗	Maggart, Richard Lee⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37703⇗	Strong, Bert Franklin⇗	Completed Mission	Low Group, High Squadron Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37713⇗	Sullivan, James Dominic⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37717⇗	Liebert, Jack Louis⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6080⇗	Rooker, Billy Roy⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6109⇗	Adams, William Lowell⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6128⇗	Hale, Charles Eugene⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Group, Low Squadron Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6141⇗	James, Robert Huey⇗	Completed Mission	Lead Group, High Squadron Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6147⇗	Burkhard, James Albert⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗

Mission # 136

MISSION SUMMARY