1st Bomb Division
Division
The groups under the command of the 1st Bomb Wing came under the command of the 1st Bomb Division in August 1943. In December 1944, the Division was redesginated the 1st Air Division.
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12 August 1944
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MACR 7911 41-28747 "Gruesome Goose" 466th BG | 787th BS 12 Aug 1944
Official description
Not yet known
Description
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Mission details
1. BUC (Primary)
Description
AIRFIELD
Aircraft type
Not yet known
Notes
Not yet known
Mission Statistics
| Tonnage dropped | 148.2 T |
2. CHAUMONT (Primary)
Description
AIRFIELD
Aircraft type
Not yet known
Notes
1st Bomb Division was made up of B-17 is 91st Bomb Group, 92nd BG.303rd BG, 305th BG, 306th BG, 379th BG, 384th BG, 398th BG.
Units
Mission Statistics
| Tonnage dropped | 136.2 T |
3. ETAMPES/MONDESIR (Secondary)
Description
AIRFIELD
Aircraft type
Not yet known
Notes
Not yet known
Mission Statistics
| Tonnage dropped | 33 T |
4. JUVENCOURT (Primary)
Description
AIRFIELD
Aircraft type
Not yet known
Notes
Not yet known
Mission Statistics
| Tonnage dropped | 131.2 T |
5. La Perthe, 10400 Périgny-la-Rose, France
Description
AIRFIELD
Aircraft type
B-17 Flying Fortress
Notes
The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided all three groups of the 41st "C" Combat Bombardment Wing on today's mission. The mission proceeded generally as briefed, up until bomb release - then the bomb release on the high group lead aircraft failed to operate. The high group leader asked wing for permission to make a second run, which was granted, but the target was so obscured by prior bombing that they were unable to aim accurately. The high group then proceeded to the briefed secondary, an airfield between Étampes and Mondesir and completed a successful attack there.
Mission Statistics
| Tonnage dropped | 95.7 T |
| Number of aircraft Sent | 43 |
| Number of aircraft Effective | 36 |
6. LAON/ATHIES (Primary)
Description
AIRFIELD
Aircraft type
Not yet known
Notes
Not yet known
Mission Statistics
| Tonnage dropped | 158.1 T |
7. LAON/COUVRON (Primary) / Coudrey, 38570 Morêtel-de-Mailles, France
Description
AIRFIELD
Excerpt from Ted's Travelling Circus: 93rd Bombardment Group (H) - USAAF - 1942-45 by Carroll (Cal) Stewart. Page 368
"Briefing at 0330 hours. Target: Laon/Coudrey Aerodrome. Captain Arthur Williamson, just returned from the States to begin a second tour, was in the command role for the 24-plane Circus force. This was a near-perfect mission - good visibility, good formation, excellent bombing, no losses although several ships inhaled flak. Pilot Dunlap put down at RAF Framlingham. "
Aircraft type
B-24 Liberator
Notes
Not yet known
Mission Statistics
| Tonnage dropped | 156.5 T |
8. Metz, France
Description
MARSHALLING YARDS
Aircraft type
Not yet known
Notes
Not yet known
Mission Statistics
| Tonnage dropped | 207 T |
9. MOURMELON (Primary)
Description
AIRFIELD
Aircraft type
Not yet known
Notes
2nd Bomb Division was made up of 44th BG, 389th BG, 392nd BG, 453rd BG, 458th BG, 466th BG, 467th BG, 489th BG, 491 BG, 492nd BG.
Units
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2nd Bomb Division
Division
The groups under the command of the 2nd Bomb Wing came under the command of the 2nd Bomb Division in August 1943. In December 1944, the Division was redesginated the 2nd Air Division.
Mission Statistics
| Tonnage dropped | 208.7 T |
10. TOULOUSE/FRANCAZAL
Description
AIRFIELD
Aircraft type
Not yet known
Notes
This is the last leg of the shuttle-bombing mission from the UK-USSR-Italy-UK. 72 B-17s are despatched from Fifteenth AF bases in Italy, 3 have problems and abort, the remainder bomb this airfield in France and proceed to the UK. 62 P-51s that are part of the shuttle mission force escort the bombers along with 43 despatched from the UK. No aircraft are lost.
Units
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390th Bomb Group
Group
The 390th Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses from Framlingham, Suffolk, between July 1943 and the end of the war in Europe. The Group was engaged in strategic missions until the invasion of Europe when its role became more of a tactical one. This... -
95th Bomb Group
Group
The 95th Bomb Group was the only Eighth Air Force Group to be awarded three Distinguished Unit Citations. The first, shared by all four Bomb Wing Groups, was for the bombing of an aircraft factory under intense enemy fire at Regensburg on 17 August...
Mission Statistics
| Tonnage dropped | 158.8 T |
Service
People
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Harold Adams
Military | Technical Sergeant | MOS 757 - Radio Operator / Mechanic / Gunner, AAF | 384th Bomb Group
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Warren Allen
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
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Dale Avers
Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
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Herbert Bayless
Military | Lieutenant | Pilot; Co-Pilot | 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs
Shot down 2 December 1944 in B-24 42-50766. Killed in Action (KIA). ... -
Robert Boudon
Military | Captain | Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME. -
Robert Boyd
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
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Rolland Bushner
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 25th Bomb Group
Missions: 1944 - Aug 9 Saarbrucken; 12 Mourmelon sur Marne; 14 Dole/Tauaux/ 16 Madgeburg; 24 Hanover; 26 Dulmen; 30 Mainz; Sep 9 Mainz; 10 Ulm; 11 Madgeburg; Oct 5 Lippstadt; 7 Madgeburg; 9 Koblenz; 22 Hamm; 26 Bottrop; 30 Hamburg; Nov 5 Karlsruhe; 10... -
John Callahan
Military | Sergeant (Technician Fourth Grade) | Radio Operator | 466th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA), went down in sea and one of two crewmembers unable to rescue -
Charles Cappellino
Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Flight Engineer | 95th Bomb Group
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Morgan Cox
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
Aircraft
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42-97194 Good Pickin'
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 5/2/44; Kearney 24/2/44; Presque Is 11/3/44; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-O] Horham 11/3/44; with G.M. Jackman force landed B-53 Merville, Belg., 10/5/45; with Lt Henderson force landed A-70 Laon, France 20/5/45; 114m Returned to the USA... -
41-28747 Gruesome Goose
B-24 Liberator
The B-24H “Gruesome Goose” while on a mission to bomb Mourmelon-Sur-Marne Ammuniton Dump in France ditched over the Channel with the loss of all 10 on board. ... -
42-102501 The Challenger
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 9/3/44; Gr Island 11/4/44; Dowe Fd 28/4/44; Assigned 546BS/384BG [BK-H] Grafton Underwood 12/5/44; Missing in Action Berlin 3/2/45 with Robert Clax Long, Frederick Arnold Maki, Jack Coleman Cook (3 Killed in Action); Ralph John Vrana... -
42-107047 The Doodle Bug
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Tulsa 6/2/44; Grenier 3/3/44; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-M] Horham 17/3/44; with R.V. Mercer force landed Framlingham AFB 25/12/44 with engine failure; battle damaged Berlin 3/2/45 with H. Palmer; force landed Charleroi, Bel; 97m, repaired & ret... -
42-31410 Berlin Bessie, I Dood It
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 31/10/43; Kearney 13/11/43; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-G] Horham 1/1/44; flak damage Berlin 6/10/44 with Lester Lennox, Co-pilot: Bob McCoy (2 Returned to Duty); Navigator: Bill Tate, Bombardier: Dick White, Flight engineer/top turret... -
42-31939 Spook Six
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 6/1/44; Kearney 15/1/44; Romulus 23/1/44; Grenier 25/1/44; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-J] Horham 2/2/44; transferred 412BS [QW-J]; 98m, with S.D. Reed, force landed RAF Coltishakk, 8RTD, 1WIA; Returned to the USA 121 BU Bradley 21/6/44;... -
42-37788 HELL'S MESSENGER
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 28/8/43; Scott 16/9/43; Assigned 544BS/384BG Grafton Underwood 7/11/43; transferred 547BS [SO-N]; transferred to 364FG Leiston, Sfk, UK. 11/43; Returned to the USA Bradley 14/7/45; 4185 BU Independence 17/7/45; Reconstruction Finance... -
42-38013 "NEVADA AVENGER"
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 26/11/43; New Castle 10/12/43; Presque Is 15/12/43; Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO-C] Grafton Underwood 21/1/44; sal battle damaged 27/4/44. NEVADA AVENGER. ... -
42-95258 "What a Sack"
B-24 Liberator
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43-37904 Princess Pat aka Hannah’s Children
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 2/6/44; Hunter 13/6/44; Dow Fd 24/6/44; Assigned 569BS/390BG [CC-L] Framlingham 29/6/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 3/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 4/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA)...
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 05 April 2020 23:35:47 | 466thHistorian | Changes to person associations and aircraft associations |
| Sources | ||
466th BG Archives - Report on Mission No 103 - 12 August 1944 - Mourmelon, France |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 12 November 2016 09:48:15 | thalerk | Changes to event |
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http://www.384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/One384thMission.php?Missio... |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 02 July 2015 23:29:20 | OReedergranddaughter | Changes to person associations and aircraft associations |
| Sources | ||
NARA mission records |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 02 July 2015 23:26:43 | OReedergranddaughter | Changes to event |
| Sources | ||
Ted's Travelling Circus: 93rd Bombardment Group (H) - USAAF - 1942-45 by Carroll (Cal) Stewart. Page 368 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 25 March 2015 19:50:21 | 466thHistorian | Changes to person associations and aircraft associations |
| Sources | ||
466th BG Historian |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:43:07 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Lee Cunningham, 8th Air Force missions research database / Stan Bishop's 'Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces', the Combat Chronology of the US Army Air Forces and the work of Roger Freeman including the 'Mighty Eighth War Diary'. |
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