Mission # 5

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 29 June 1943
VIII Bomber Command Operations Show Operations
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 5, VIII BC Mission Number 70
Target Hidden, Bombs Held
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The 103rd Combat Wing led the 102nd CW in the Air Task Force for today's mission: the 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the High Group of the 103rd CW. A solid overcast covered the entire area surrounding the target, so the Wing Lead brought the formation home without dropping their loads in conformance with policy regarding targets in occupied countries.
Primary Target Target: duNord Aircraft Works, Villacoublay Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Paris, France
Target Attacked (Mode) No Target Attacked
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 15
Scrubbed - 3
Aborted - 3
Mission Personnel Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗

21 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⇗Armstrong, Lloyd Rowland⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3222⇗Mattes, Frank George⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3231⇗Carrington, Richard Thompson⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron Lead, Group Deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3235⇗Myer, Lawrence Wayne⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5838⇗Frink, Horace Everett⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5843⇗Pulcipher, Ralph Robert⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Low Squadron Lead. Turned back due to #1 engine failure.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5848⇗Ogilvie, Donald Potter⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5849⇗Halseth, Edwin Scofield⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Turned back due to #1 engine failure.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5852⇗Butler, Johnny Addison⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron Deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29956⇗Hausenfluck, Jesse Dee⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron #2 (customary position for Deputy, but not so designated on formation chart).
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30026⇗Dietel, William (NMI)⇗Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑30196.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30030⇗Erickson, Gordon Bennett⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30033⇗Kelly, James Henry⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30040⇗Wilson, Clayton Russell⇗Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑30046.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30043⇗Keck, George Blackburn⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30046⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑30040.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30073⇗Estes, Thomas Jefferson⇗Completed MissionLead Squadron, Group Lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30139⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑30142.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30142⇗Lecates, Robert Leslie⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.High Squadron Deputy. Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑30139. Turned back due to runaway prop on #1 engine.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30196⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑30026.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗