Mission # 53

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 14 January 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 53, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 183
V-Weapons Site Bombed
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Previous Mission
The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the lead and low squadrons of the 41st Combat Wing on today's mission. Two bomb runs were made in CAVU conditions. The lead squadron's bombing was judged 'fair to good' and the low squadron's was 'poor ... far short of target.'
Primary Target Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Le Meillard, France
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (Visual)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 16
Aborted - 1
Failed To Return - 1
Mission Personnel Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗

18 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
42‑3051⇗Lotz, William Henry⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3087⇗Outen, Charles Levi⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑3440⇗Estes, Thomas Jefferson⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5404⇗LaSeur, William Veryle⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑5444⇗Price, William Merriman⇗Completed MissionGroup deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29651⇗Covington, Royston Truitt⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29688⇗McDonald, Raymond Leroy⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑29703⇗Robinson, Robert Lawrence⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30026⇗Carpenter, Walter Richard⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Turned back over field with runaway #2 prop, #3 magneto out, and reception on command radio transmission was very faint.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31045⇗Daskey, Kendall (NMI)⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31211⇗Willing, Mark Skinner⇗Completed MissionGroup lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31246⇗Britt, Neill Lasane⇗Failed To ReturnDowned by flak before bombs away.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31364⇗Jacobs, Randolph George Edward⇗Completed MissionLow Squadron deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31606⇗Stearns, Clarence Grover⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37848⇗Gilmore, William Featherston⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38014⇗West, George Berry⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑39809⇗Lovvorn, Hollie Ray⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑39888⇗Harvey, Walter Lewis⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗