Mission # 20

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date	3 September 1943
VIII Bomber Command Operations	Show Operations > Mission 90: Luftwaffe air installations in France are the target. >> Air Task Force 1. 168 B-17's are dispatched to the Romilly sur Seine air depot; 100 hit the target at 0903-0911 hours; 28 hit the secondary target, the airfield at St Andre de L'Eure at 0947-0949 hours; and 12 hit a target of opportunity, the Evreux/Fauvill Airfield at 0955 hours; they claim 11-1-10 Luftwaffe aircraft; 4 B-17's are lost and 55 damaged; casualties are 2 WIA and 40 MIA. >> Air Task Force 2. 65 B-17's are dispatched to Mureaux Airfield; 38 hit the target at 0843-0844 while 18 hit a dummy airfield near Dieppe; 2 B-17's are damaged; no casualties. >> Air Task Force 3. 65 B-17's are dispatched to an industrial area at Caudron-Renault near Paris; 37 hit the target at 0925 hours; they claim 15-4-8 Luftwaffe aircraft; 5 B-17's are lost and 18 damaged; casualties are 4 WIA and 40 MIA. >> The B-17's are escorted by 160 P-47's; they claim 4-1-0 Luftwaffe aircraft; 1 P-47 is lost and 2 damaged; no casualties. Source: Jack McKillop, Rutgers University, used with permission. Hide Operations
Mission	384th BG Mission Number 20, VIII BC Mission Number 90 Weather Forces Change Next Mission Previous Mission Clouds obscured the primary target and prevented bombing: formation bombed secondary.
Primary Target	Target: Air Park and Aerodrome Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Romilly-sur-Seine, France
Target Attacked (Mode)	Secondary (Visual) Target: Fighter Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: St. Andre-de-L'Eure, France
Sortie/Aircraft Summary	Completed Mission, not including spares - 12 Ditched - 1 Aborted - 5
Mission Personnel	Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents	Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗
Other Mission Documents	1943-09-03, Flight Leader, G. Harris, J. Kelly⇗

18 AIRCRAFT ASSIGNED TO THIS MISSION
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Aircraft	Pilot	Results	Mission/Sortie Information
41‑24557⇗	Yelvington, Melton Albert⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off.	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3041⇗	McMahon, James Joseph⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off.	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3216⇗	Sprague, Alfred Lee⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3429⇗	Estes, Thomas Jefferson⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3455⇗	Faulkiner, Russel Ruben⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3459⇗	Higdon, Philip Earl⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5444⇗	Thompson, Siguard (NMI)⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5720⇗	Aufmuth, Lester Herbert⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5838⇗	Frink, Horace Everett⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron lead SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5843⇗	Pulcipher, Ralph Robert⇗	Completed Mission	High Squadron lead. A British Army observer and war correspondent, Maj. Anthony Cotterell, flew with this crew. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29651⇗	Jacobs, Randolph George Edward⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off.	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29699⇗	Goulder, Edmund Samuel⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29768⇗	Willing, Mark Skinner⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off.	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29828⇗	Ashcraft, Archie Bertis⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29914⇗	Jones, Justin Ralph⇗	Failed To Return: Ditched	Shot down by enemy aircraft; ditched in Channel; MACR 743. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29935⇗	Harry, William Russell⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off.	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30033⇗	Harris, George Warren⇗	Completed Mission	Flight leader SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30043⇗	Price, William Merriman⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗