Mission # 180

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 14 August 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 180, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 552
Airfield Bombed
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The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided all three groups of the 41st A Combat Bombardment Wing on today's mission. Continuing to apply pressure on the Luftwaffe's defense capability, the 384th added its bombs to those of other combat wings. All three groups (lead, high, low) hit their assigned aim points with satisfactory accuracy, bringing victory closer.
Primary Target Target: Echterdingen Airdrome
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Stuttgart, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (Visual)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 35
Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed - 1
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 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 1944-08-14, Low Group Lead, G. Sammons, W. Fairfield⇗
1944-08-14, High Group Lead, J. Shelley, J. McCartney⇗
1944-08-14, Wing Lead, W. Travis, R. Vinnedge⇗

38 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⇗Pluhar, Emil Edward⇗Completed MissionLead group.
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42‑37822⇗Levine, Max (NMI)⇗Completed MissionHigh group hot camera ship.
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42‑38208⇗Hicks, Ralph Benjamin⇗Completed MissionHigh group.
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42‑39888⇗Hepler, Wilbur David⇗Completed MissionLow group.
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42‑97142⇗Pranger, Nicholas Vincent⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead, lead group.
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42‑97150⇗Rowe, George B⇗Completed MissionHigh group.
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42‑97204⇗Bennett, John R⇗Completed MissionHigh group.
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42‑97282⇗Patella, Joseph David⇗Completed MissionLow group.
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42‑97320⇗Hughes, Robert Davis⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Low group. Turned back with a broken exhaust stack in #3 engine.
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42‑97510⇗Cline, Walter William⇗Completed MissionLead group.
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42‑97557⇗Vinnedge, Roy Alan⇗Completed MissionWing lead. PFF ship. Col. William L Travis, 41st Bomb Wing, aboard as combat wing commander.
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42‑98000⇗Lindberg, Gilbert R⇗Completed MissionLow group.
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42‑102430⇗Robertson, Vernon Merrill⇗Completed MissionHigh section deputy, high group.
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42‑102449⇗McCartney, James Thomas⇗Completed MissionHigh group lead.
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42‑102459⇗Gabel, Raymond John⇗Completed MissionLow group hot camera ship. Landed away at RAF Syerston, Nottinghamshire, on return, for unknown reasons.
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42‑102501⇗Causa, Raymond (NMI)⇗Completed MissionLead group hot camera ship.
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42‑102518⇗Hunt, John Hardy⇗Completed MissionHigh group.
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42‑102566⇗Wood, Rodney J⇗Completed MissionHigh section deputy, lead group.
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42‑102601⇗Green, Loren Lester⇗Completed MissionLow group.
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42‑102620⇗Henderson, William Vincent⇗Completed MissionLead group.
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42‑102661⇗Fairfield, William Adelbert⇗Completed MissionLow Group Lead.
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42‑102933⇗Durdin, Larkin Clayton⇗Completed MissionLow group deputy and hot camera ship.
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42‑107058⇗Cepits, Francis Frederick⇗Completed MissionLead group.
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42‑107083⇗Malone, John James⇗Completed MissionLead group.
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42‑107121⇗Davis, L K (IO)⇗Completed MissionWing deputy and hot camera ship.
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42‑107125⇗[N/A]Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
43‑37822⇗Plowman, Noel Elwin⇗Completed MissionLead group. Originally assigned to Johnstone as low group flying spare; replaced 42‑97251. Apparently this was due to the limited availability of ground spares.
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43‑37843⇗Bean, Donald Wesley⇗Completed MissionHigh group.
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43‑37917⇗Farra, Robert Leslie⇗Completed MissionHigh section lead, lead group.
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43‑37971⇗McDaniel, Clifford Franklin⇗Completed MissionHigh section lead, high group.
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43‑37990⇗Lynch, Edward Thomas⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron deputy, high group.
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43‑38062⇗Carlson, Walter Elmer⇗Completed MissionLow group.
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44‑6080⇗Neville, Harry Walter⇗Completed MissionHigh group deputy and hot camera ship.
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44‑6105⇗Bills, Edgar L⇗Flying Spare, Returned As BriefedHigh group.
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44‑6135⇗Peters, Lloyd Arman⇗Completed MissionHigh section deputy, low group.
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44‑6141⇗Combs, William Felix⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead, low group.
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44‑6294⇗Martin, Donald Francis⇗Completed MissionHigh section lead, low group.
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44‑8011⇗Soester, Wilbur Leroy⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead, high group.
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