384th BG Mission

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date	4 July 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations	Show Operations > Mission 451: >> 558 bombers and 632 fighters are dispatched to attack 7 airfields N and W of Paris; bad weather and mechanical failures cause 350+ bombers to abort; 1 B-17 and 4 fighters are lost: >> Air Task Force 1. Of 300 B-17s, 24 hit Dreux Airfield, 24 hit Illiers L'Eveque Airfield, 13 hit Conches Airfield and 1 hits a target of opportunity; 1 B-17s is lost, 2 damaged beyond repair and 37 damaged; 1 airman is WIA and 9 MIA. >> 2. Of 258 B-24s, 56 hit Conches Airfield, 50 hit Beaumont le Roger Airfield, 49 hit Evreux Airfield, 25 hit Beaumont-sur-Oise Airfield and 12 hit Creil Airfield; 2 B-24s are damaged beyond repair and 52 damaged; 2 airmen are WIA. >> 199 P-38s, 189 P-47s and 244 P-51s are dispatched to escort the bombers but 63 abort; 2 P-38s, 1 P-47 and 1 P-51 are lost and 1 P-47 is damaged. >> Of 144 P-38s and 176 P-47s, 29 hit Nevers marshalling yard, 25 hit Joinville Bridge, 16 hit Chartres-Chateaudun marshalling yard, 14 hit Perrigny marshalling yard, 14 hit Fresnes Bridge, 8 hit Cercy/La Tours marshalling yard, 8 hit Cambrai marshalling yard, 6 hit St Florentin, 5 hit targets of opportunity and 4 hit Rouen Bridge; they claim 17-0-10 Luftwaffe aircraft in the air and 1-0-0 on the ground; 1 P-38 is lost and 1 damaged. Total VIII Fighter Command casualties are 1 KIA, 4 WIA and 7 MIA. > 36 B-24s fly CARPETBAGGER missions during the night; 3 airmen are MIA after a plane crashes. Source: Jack McKillop, Rutgers University, used with permission. Hide Operations
Mission	384th BG Mission Number 150, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 451 Airfield Attacked Next Mission Previous Mission The 384th Bombardment Group (H) led the 41st A Combat Bombardment Wing, and also supplied the wing's high group on today's mission. The primary target, an airfield immediately south of Conches-en-Ouche, France (15 miles NW of Dreux), was bombed using Gee-H aiming.
Primary Target	Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Dreux (Conches-en-Ouche), France
Target Attacked (Mode)	Primary (Gee-H)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary	Completed Mission, not including spares - 23 Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 2 Flight Completed - 1 Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 3 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⇗

31 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⇗	Minor, Henry W⇗	Completed Mission	Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑102518. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37974⇗	Allred, Frank Lavon⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37982⇗	Murchan, Lawrence Aloysius⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38013⇗	[N/A]	Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
42‑38208⇗	Stevens, Raymond Robert⇗	Completed Mission	High group deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑39888⇗	Gottfried, Raymond Nathan⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97142⇗	Myrick, Kenneth Delay⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97150⇗	Coleman, Lee Browning⇗	Spare, Completed Mission	High group flying spare; joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97201⇗	Lynch, Edward Thomas⇗	Completed Mission	High section deputy, high group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97204⇗	Pring, Robert Bradford⇗	Completed Mission	High section lead, high group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97263⇗	Rooker, Billy Roy⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97271⇗	Heim, Gerard Anthony⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97273⇗	Rucker, David Leroy⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron lead, high group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97320⇗	Wilson, Quentin (NMI)⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97510⇗	Jennings, William Cornelius⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102430⇗	Pluhar, Emil Edward⇗	Spare, Completed Mission	Lead group flying spare; joined formation. Due to a mechanical failure in the bomb bay, could not release bombs. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102449⇗	Shelley, John Keith⇗	Completed Mission	High group lead. Gee-H ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102518⇗	[N/A]	Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off	Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑31484. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102601⇗	Carey, Gates Chapman⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102617⇗	[N/A]	Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
42‑102620⇗	[N/A]	Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
42‑102933⇗	Meland, Ralph Wendell⇗	Flight Completed	Weather aircraft; remainder of crew (CP, N, RO, Eng) not identified SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107064⇗	Sweeney, Ned Hardy⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107083⇗	Pranger, Nicholas Vincent⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off.	Turned back at 0525; reasons unknown. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107125⇗	Keate, Richard Clifford⇗	Completed Mission	Wing lead. Gee-H ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107148⇗	Kirkpatrick, William Hugh⇗	Completed Mission	Wing deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107224⇗	Maggart, Richard Lee⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron deputy, lead group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37703⇗	Strong, Bert Franklin⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron lead, lead group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37713⇗	Sullivan, James Dominic⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron deputy, high group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37717⇗	Herzog, John Henry⇗	Completed Mission	High section deputy, high group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6109⇗	Adams, William Lowell⇗	Completed Mission	High section lead, lead group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗

Mission # 150

MISSION SUMMARY