Mission # 139

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 19 June 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations Show Operations
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 139, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 424
Weather Limits Bombing
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The 384th Bombardment Group (H) put up two group formations for this morning's mission to knock out V-Weapon launch sites. There was no wing or division assembly, each group flying independently to its target and back. The first group (41A Group) was dispatched to Fleury, France, where, even though the cloud cover was solid, the Gee-H bombing system allowed them to drop their bombs. The second group (41B Group) was dispatched to Crépy, France. En route to the target area, the Gee-H equipment became inoperative and efforts by the navigator to repair it were unsuccessful. Therefore, bombs were not dropped by this formation due to the policy that restricts bombing in occupied areas to identifiable military targets.
Primary Target Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Fleury & Crépy, France
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (Gee-H)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 35
Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 4
Flight Completed - 1
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 2
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 1944-06-19, 41A Group Lead, T. Beckett, E. Lane⇗

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
42‑3441⇗Brown, Donald Harold⇗Flight CompletedWeather aircraft; remainder of crew (CP, RO, Eng) not identified
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42‑31435⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 44‑6147.
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42‑32106⇗Birckhead, Robert Bruce⇗Completed Mission41B Group.
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42‑37982⇗Melzar, Raymond Augustus⇗Completed Mission41A Group.
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42‑38013⇗Brown, Billie Barnard⇗Spare, Completed Mission41B Group, Flying Spare. Joined formation.
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42‑38208⇗Kelly, John Thomas⇗Completed Mission41B Group, High Squadron Lead.
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42‑39888⇗Gottfried, Raymond Nathan⇗Completed Mission41A Group.
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42‑97150⇗Bahten, John Irwin⇗Completed Mission41B Group.
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42‑97178⇗Peterson, Walter Thomas⇗Completed Mission41B Group.
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42‑97251⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑97273⇗Thoma, Edward Paul⇗Completed Mission41A Group, High Squadron Lead.
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42‑97320⇗Fairfield, William Adelbert⇗Completed Mission41A Group.
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42‑97367⇗MacFarlane, Menzies James⇗Completed Mission41B Group.
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42‑97521⇗Anderson, Earl Overlade⇗Completed Mission41B Group.
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42‑97824⇗Lane, Edward William⇗Completed Mission41A Group Lead.
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42‑97948⇗Fitzgerald, Thomas Howard⇗Completed Mission41A Group.
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42‑102430⇗Keate, Richard Clifford⇗Spare, Completed Mission41B Group, Flying Spare. Joined formation.
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42‑102442⇗Peterson, Harold William⇗Completed Mission41B Group.
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42‑102449⇗Morris, Gordon (NMI)⇗Completed Mission41B Group Lead.
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42‑102500⇗Gowder, Charles Fred⇗Completed Mission41A Group, Low Squadron Lead.
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42‑102501⇗Rucker, David Leroy⇗Completed Mission41A Group.
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42‑102518⇗Olson, Norman (NMI)⇗Completed Mission41B Group.
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42‑102601⇗Gibson, James Allen⇗Completed Mission41A Group, High Squadron Deputy.
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42‑102617⇗Murchan, Lawrence Aloysius⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.41A Group. Tail gunner, Sgt Erling Nielsen, suffered from the bends, forcing the crew to turn back.
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42‑102620⇗Shearer, Wilbur Lee⇗Completed Mission41A Group.
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42‑102661⇗Finch, Francis Nelson⇗Completed Mission41A Group Deputy.
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42‑102933⇗Stills, James Vernon⇗Spare, Completed Mission41A Group, Flying Spare. Joined formation.
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42‑102959⇗Eakins, Robert Nathanial⇗Completed Mission41A Group.
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42‑107057⇗Malone, John James⇗Completed Mission41A Group.
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42‑107064⇗Stevens, Raymond Robert⇗Completed Mission41B Group, High Squadron Deputy.
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42‑107083⇗Rosborough, James Edward⇗Completed Mission41A Group.
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42‑107148⇗Dean, Ralph Merrick⇗Completed Mission41B Group Deputy.
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42‑107221⇗[N/A]Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
42‑107224⇗Maggart, Richard Lee⇗Completed Mission41A Group.
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43‑37703⇗Druckenmiller, Leon Charles⇗Spare, Completed Mission41A Group, Flying Spare. Joined formation.
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43‑37713⇗Sullivan, James Dominic⇗Completed Mission41A Group, Low Squadron Deputy.
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43‑37717⇗Kirkpatrick, William Hugh⇗Completed Mission41B Group.
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44‑6080⇗Shelley, John Keith⇗Completed Mission41B Group.
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44‑6105⇗Wortman, Marshall (NMI)⇗Completed Mission41B Group.
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44‑6109⇗Adams, William Lowell⇗Completed Mission41B Group.
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44‑6128⇗Roth, Verle Leroy⇗Completed Mission41B Group, Low Squadron Deputy.
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44‑6135⇗Wright, James Wiley⇗Completed Mission41B Group, Low Squadron Lead.
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44‑6147⇗Wilson, Quentin (NMI)⇗Completed Mission41A Group, Ground Spare aircraft. Replaced 42‑31435.
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44‑6149⇗Koch, Robert Bruce⇗Completed Mission41B Group.
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