384th BG Mission

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date	28 June 1943
VIII Bomber Command Operations	Show Operations > Mission Number 69: >> 191 B-17's are dispatched against the locks and submarine pens at Saint-Nazaire, France; 158 hit the target between 1655 and 1713 hours local; we claim 28-6-8 Luftwaffe aircraft; we lose 8 B-17's and 57 others are damaged; casualties are 3 KIA, 14 WIA and 50 MIA. >> 50 other B-17's are dispatched against Beaumont-le-Roger Airfield; 43 bomb the target between 1736 and 1740 hours local; 6 B-17's are damaged. Source: Jack McKillop, Rutgers University, used with permission. Hide Operations
Mission	384th BG Mission Number 4, VIII BC Mission Number 69 Luftwaffe Airfield Attacked Next Mission Previous Mission The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the Lead Group of the 103rd Combat Wing on today's mission. While climbing in formation through clouds, one Squadron joined another group, and completed the mission with them. Good visual bombing conditions existed at the primary target, and good bombing resulted.
Primary Target	Target: Fighter Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Beaumont-le-Roger, France
Target Attacked (Mode)	Primary (Visual)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary	Completed Mission, not including spares - 14 Scrubbed - 2 Aborted - 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	1943-06-28, Wing Lead, B. Peaslee, R. Pulcipher⇗

20 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
42‑3216⇗	Edwards, Floyd Clinton⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3218⇗	Hall, Ralph Jackson⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3222⇗	Mattes, Frank George⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3230⇗	Carrington, Richard Thompson⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3235⇗	Keck, George Blackburn⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off.	Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑5849. Turned back with top turret and ball turret problems. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5838⇗	Frink, Horace Everett⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5843⇗	Pulcipher, Ralph Robert⇗	Completed Mission	Wing Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5849⇗	[N/A]	Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off	Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑3235. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5852⇗	Butler, Johnny Addison⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29956⇗	Hausenfluck, Jesse Dee⇗	Completed Mission	High Squadron Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29960⇗	Erickson, Gordon Bennett⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off.	Turned back with #1 oil cooler leaking; top turret and ball turret problems. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30026⇗	Algar, Philip Morris⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30030⇗	Estes, Thomas Jefferson⇗	Completed Mission	Wing Deputy and High Squadron Lead. Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑30073. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30033⇗	Kelly, James Henry⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30043⇗	Ogilvie, Donald Potter⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30046⇗	Wilson, Clayton Russell⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30073⇗	[N/A]	Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off	Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑30030. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30139⇗	Roberts, James Richard⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off.	Turned back with #2 supercharger malfunctioning. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30142⇗	Halseth, Edwin Scofield⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off.	Turned back with problems in #1 and #2 engines. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30196⇗	Dietel, William (NMI)⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗

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MISSION SUMMARY