384th BG Mission

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date	30 June 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations	Show Operations > Mission 448: >> 153 bombers and 539 fighters are dispatched to attack airfields; 1 fighter is lost; of 75 B-17s, 39 hit Montdidier Airfield, 24 hit Le Culot Airfield and 11 hit Coxyde/Furnes Airfield, Belgium; 27 B-17s are damaged; of 78 B-24s, 35 hit Conches Airfield and 26 hit Evreux/Fauville Airfield, France without loss. >> Escort is provided by 168 of 178 P-51s without loss, and afterwards strafe marshalling yards, airfields, barges, barracks, a train, a factory, and a warehouse with good results. No enemy aircraft are encountered and no aircraft are lost. > Other P-38s, P-47s and P-51s hit bridges, marshalling yards and other targets in France; they claim 3-3-4 Luftwaffe aircraft in the air and 1-0-0 on the ground; 1 P-38 is lost (pilot is MIA) and 1 P-47 is damaged beyond repair (pilot is KIA). Source: Jack McKillop, Rutgers University, used with permission. Hide Operations
Mission	384th BG Mission Number 149, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 448 Airfield Attacked Next Mission Previous Mission The 384th Bombardment Group (H) formed the entire 41st A Combat Bombardment Wing (H) on today's mission. Clouds completely hid the primary target, but the Gee-H system permitted accurate delivery of the bombs by each group in the wing.
Primary Target	Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Montdidier, France
Target Attacked (Mode)	Primary (Gee-H)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary	Completed Mission, not including spares - 36 Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 3 Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 4
Mission Personnel	Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents	Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗
Other Mission Documents	41st Wing, B Section, Group Deputy Lead, K. Ungerman, K. Myrick⇗

43 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
42‑31435⇗	Druckenmiller, Leon Charles⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑32106⇗	Cranstoun, Richard Leroy⇗	Completed Mission	High Squadron lead, lead group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37788⇗	Menke, Robert Arthur⇗	Spare, Completed Mission	High group flying spare; joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37822⇗	[N/A]	Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
42‑38013⇗	Bahten, John Irwin⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38014⇗	Gowder, Charles Fred⇗	Completed Mission	Wing deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑39888⇗	Gottfried, Raymond Nathan⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97142⇗	Melsen, Howard Carl⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97150⇗	Hannaford, Vernon Lloyal⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97178⇗	[N/A]	Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
42‑97204⇗	Pring, Robert Bradford⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97263⇗	[N/A]	Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
42‑97271⇗	Young, Daniel Monroe⇗	Completed Mission	High Squadron deputy, lead group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97273⇗	[N/A]	Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
42‑97309⇗	Pluhar, Emil Edward⇗	Completed Mission	High Squadron deputy, low group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97320⇗	Combs, William Felix⇗	Spare, Completed Mission	Low group flying spare; joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97521⇗	Anderson, Earl Overlade⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97948⇗	Stills, James Vernon⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron lead, lead group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97960⇗	Shelley, John Keith⇗	Completed Mission	High group deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102430⇗	Heim, Gerard Anthony⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102449⇗	Wright, James Wiley⇗	Completed Mission	High group lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102459⇗	Norton, Paul E⇗	Completed Mission	High Squadron deputy, high group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102501⇗	Myrick, Kenneth Delay⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102566⇗	Olson, Norman (NMI)⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102601⇗	Carey, Gates Chapman⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron deputy, lead group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102617⇗	Rimbold, Arthur Arimese⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102620⇗	Shearer, Wilbur Lee⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102661⇗	Kelley, Robert Encil⇗	Completed Mission	Low group deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102675⇗	Fairfield, William Adelbert⇗	Completed Mission	Low group lead. Gee-H ship provided by the 379th BG, Kimbolton, AAF Station 117, for today's mission. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102959⇗	Halasz, John Julius⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron lead, low group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107057⇗	Pranger, Nicholas Vincent⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107058⇗	Rosborough, James Edward⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107064⇗	Grant, Walter Edward⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron deputy, high group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107125⇗	Ungerman, Kenneth Armistead⇗	Completed Mission	Wing lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107224⇗	Maggart, Richard Lee⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron deputy, low group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37703⇗	Thompson, Paul Waldron⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37713⇗	Sullivan, James Dominic⇗	Spare, Completed Mission	Lead group flying spare; joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37717⇗	Liebert, Jack Louis⇗	Completed Mission	High Squadron lead, high group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6080⇗	Koch, Robert Bruce⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron lead, high group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6105⇗	Dudock, Edward Peter⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6109⇗	Adams, William Lowell⇗	Completed Mission	High Squadron lead, low group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6141⇗	Durdin, Larkin Clayton⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6149⇗	Mount, Dick Wilson⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗

Mission # 149

MISSION SUMMARY