Mission # 40

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 5 December 1943
VIII Bomber Command Operations Show Operations
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 40, VIII BC Mission Number 149
Weather Prevents Attack
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Previous Mission
The 384th Bombardment Group (H) led the 41st Combat Wing, the first of the two combat wings comprising Air Task Force 1, on today's mission. Clouds were encountered during the mission until they became impenetrable about 75 miles from the target, at which point the attack was abandoned. Although no attack was accomplished, due to the penetration of enemy air space the groups involved received combat credit.
Primary Target Target: Fighter Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Saint-Jean-d'Angély, France
Target Attacked (Mode) No Target Attacked
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Returned To Base - 20
Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed - 2
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⇗
Other Mission Documents 1943-12-05, Wing Lead, T. Beckett, J. Kelly⇗

24 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
41‑24525⇗Markow, Henry Victor⇗Returned To BaseGround Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑37848.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3259⇗Bedsole, Joseph Linyer⇗Returned To Base SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3441⇗Kelly, James Henry⇗Returned To BaseWing lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5404⇗Thompson, Siguard (NMI)⇗Returned To BaseLow Squadron lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5838⇗Price, William Merriman⇗Returned To BaseFlying spare; joined formation for duration of mission.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29651⇗Herbert, Joseph Robert⇗Returned To Base SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29703⇗Robinson, Robert Lawrence⇗Returned To Base SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29723⇗Booska, Maurice Arthur⇗Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29733⇗Stearns, Clarence Grover⇗Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31045⇗Moore, Clifford Orville⇗Returned To Base SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31058⇗Wilson, William Monroe⇗Returned To BaseHigh Squadron lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31073⇗Carpenter, Walter Richard⇗Returned To Base SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31211⇗MacPhail, Philip Ray⇗Returned To Base SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31222⇗Taylor, Sidney Paul⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.High Squadron deputy; aborted due to a "broken piston head in #2 engine."
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31274⇗Merritt, James Melvin⇗Returned To BaseWing deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37758⇗Jones, William Arch⇗Returned To Base SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37776⇗Wolf, Richard Vance⇗Returned To Base SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37785⇗Harvey, Walter Lewis⇗Returned To Base SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37792⇗Van der Haeghen, Joseph Albert⇗Returned To BaseLow Squadron deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37801⇗Rich, John (NMI)⇗Returned To Base SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37816⇗Edwards, Floyd Clinton⇗Returned To Base SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37848⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 41-24525.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑39784⇗Covington, Royston Truitt⇗Returned To Base SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑39888⇗Ross, Burton Raymond⇗Returned To Base SORTIE REPORT ⇗