June 1944

 

Mission Number: #29
Date: June, 1944 Type: Type 16 Fighter Sweep
Target Area: Evreux, France
Claims: Ø
Damaged: Ø
Losses: Ø
Misc: Type 16 is a sweep flown under radar observation

 

Mission Number: #30
Date: 4 June, 1944 Type: Bomber Escort
Target Area: Northwest France
Claims: Ø
Damaged: Ø
Losses: Ø
Misc:

 

Mission Number: #31
Date: 4June, 1944 Type: Bomber Escort
Target Area: Northwest France
Claims: Ø
Damaged: Ø
Losses: Ø
Misc: Capt. Routt (504) was the first 339th F.G. pilot to hit 100 combat hours

 

Mission Number: #32
Date: 5 June, 1944 Type: Bomber Escort
Target Area: Northwest France
Claims: Ø
Damaged: Ø
Losses: Ø
Misc: All personnel restricted to base...line personnel ordered to paint "Invasion Stripes" on all aircraft

 

Mission Number: #33
Date: 6 June, 1944 Type: Area Patrol
Target Area: South of St. Albans Head almost to the Channel Islands
Claims: Ø
Damaged: Ø
Losses: Lt. Elton Brownshadel (504) crashed, Killed
Misc:

 

Mission Number: #34
Date: 6 June, 1944 Type: Dive-Bombing, Strafing
Target Area: Targets behind the Beach Head (Normandy)
Claims: Ø
Damaged: Ø
Losses: Ø
Misc: ½ carried 2 250# bombs, the other ½ acted as escort. Railroad marshalling yard was hit, as was a R/R bridge and a truck convoy

 

Mission Number: #35
Date: 6 June, 1944 Type: Area Patrol
Target Area: Targets behind the Beach Head (Normandy)
Claims: Lt. McMahon (505) 2 JU87's shot down
  Lt. Mudge (505) JU87 shot down
Damaged: Ø
Losses: Ø
Misc: Lt.'s McMahon and Mudge were flying with the 355th F.G. after becoming seperated from the 339th.

 

Mission Number: UNOFFICIAL
Date: 7 June, 1944 Type: Dive Bombing
Target Area: Laval Airfield, France
Claims: Ø
Damaged: Lt. Fowell (503) crash landing
Losses: Ø
Misc: Mission was cancelled... rescheduled for later that day. Lt. Fowell still had 2x250# bombs on board!

 

Mission Number: #36
Date: 7 June, 1944 Type: Dive Bombing
Target Area: Laval Airfield, France
Claims: Capt. Peter (504) 1 FW190 shot down
  Lt. Atteberry (504) 1 FW190 shot down, 1 FW190 destroyed on ground
  Lt. Caldwell (504) 1 FW190 destroyed on ground
  Lt. Stevens (504) 1 FW190 destroyed on ground
  Lt. Waters (504) 1 FW190 destroyed on ground
  Lt. Corbin (504) 1 FW190 destroyed on ground
Damaged: Ø
Losses: Ø
Misc: 8 passes made on this airfield, as only 1 light AA gun was active!

 

Mission Number: #37
Date: 7 June, 1944 Type: Area Support
Target Area: Laval, France
Claims: Ø
Damaged: Ø
Losses: Ø
Misc:

 

Mission Number: #38
Date: 7 June, 1944 Type: Area Support
Target Area: Nantes, France
Claims: Ø
Damaged: Ø
Losses: Ø
Misc:

 

Mission Number: #39
Date: 8 June, 1944 Type: Dive Bombing
Target Area: Targets to the rear of the Beach Head (Normandy)
Claims: Lt. Tower (505) 1 FW190 shot down
  Lt. Tower & Lt. opitz (505) 1 DO217 shot down
  Lt. Starnes (505) 1 ME109 shot down
Damaged: Lt. Ammon (503) AA damage
  2 503rd aircraft damaged by AA
Losses: Ø
Misc:

 

 

Mission Number: #40
Date: 8 June, 1944 Type: Dive Bombing & Bomber Escort
Target Area: Rennes, France
Claims: Ø
Damaged: Ø
Losses: Lt. Phillip Ewing (505) AA damage and/or bomb blast, EVADED and RETURNED
Misc:

 

Mission Number: #41
Date: 8 June, 1944 Type: Dive Bombing
Target Area: Rennes, France
Claims: Lt. Ammon (503) 1 FW190 shot down
  Lt. Whitelaw (503) 1 FW190 shot down
  Lt. Ball (504) 1 FW190 shot down
  Lt. W.A. Jones (505) 1 FW190 shot down
  Lt. Jaaskelainen (505) 1 FW190 shot down
  Lt. McMahon (505) 1 FW190 shot down
  Lt. McMahon & Lt. Starnes (505) 1 FW 190 shot down
  Lt. Olander & Lt. Sirochman (505) 1 FW190 shot down
Damaged: Lt. Willaim Jones (505) dogfight
  Lt. Zeine (504) crashed on takeoff
Losses: Lt. Robert Smith (503) shot down, KIA
  Lt. Joseph Sawicki (505) shot down, KIA
Misc: Lt. Jones (505) parachuted over Friston, England. Lt. Zeine (504) crashed on takeoff with 2 250# bombs!

 

Mission Number: #42
Date: 10 June, 1944 Type: Area Support and Strafing
Target Area: Le Harve/Laigle, France
Claims: Lt. Stockman (504) 1 ME109 probably shot down
  Capt. Ball (504) 1 ME109 probably shot down
  Lt. Reid & Lt. E.M.V. Johnson (505) 1 JU52 shot down
  Lt. Hanseman (505) 1 ME109 shot down, 1 JU88 damaged ground
Damaged: Lt. Rutan (504) Damaged by AA or ricochetting bullets
Losses: Ø
Misc: Lt. Rutan was the first 339th member to land in France, then return to England. Lt. Hanseman was the first 339th "Ace", and the youngest American "Ace" ever... 54 days before turning 20.

 

Mission Number: #43
Date: 10 June, 1944 Type: Dive Bombing
Target Area: Rennes, France
Claims: Ø
Damaged: Ø
Losses: Lt. Hetzel Boden (504) No known cause, POW
Misc: Lt. Boden parachuted over the English Channel, and was seen in his dinghy.

 

Mission Number: #44
Date: 10 June, 1944 Type: Dive Bombing
Target Area: Chartres, France
Claims: Ø
Damaged: Ø
Losses: Ø
Misc:

 

Mission Number: #45
Date: 11 June, 1944 Type: Area Support
Target Area: South of beach head (Normandy)
Claims: Ø
Damaged: Ø
Losses: Ø
Misc:

 

Mission Number: #46
Date: 11 June, 1944 Type: Dive Bombing
Target Area: Alencon, France
Claims: Ø
Damaged: Ø
Losses: Ø
Misc: Excellent results!

 

Mission Number: #47
Date: 12 June, 1944 Type: Area Support
Target Area: Rouen
Claims: Ø
Damaged: Ø
Losses: Ø
Misc:

 

Mission Number: #48
Date: 12 June, 1944 Type: Bomber Escort
Target Area: Northern France
Claims: Ø
Damaged: Ø
Losses: Ø
Misc:

 

Mission Number: #49
Date: 13 June, 1944 Type: Area support and Patrol
Target Area: Eureux Airfield, Northern France
Claims: Ø
Damaged: Ø
Losses: Lt. William Opitz (505) Operational, KIA
Misc: Lt. Opitz was forced to bail from his spinning aircraft, and was injured... did not survive those injuries.

 

Mission Number: #50
Date: 13 June, 1944 Type: Area Support for fighter bombers
Target Area: Loire River bridges at Angers and Saumer
Claims: Ø
Damaged: Ø
Losses: Lt. Jack Shively (504) unknown cause, KIA
Misc: Lt. Shively was on his first mission, and was not observed to go down.

 

Mission Number: #51
Date: 14 June, 1944 Type: Area Support
Target Area: Near Orleans, France
Claims: Ø
Damaged: Ø
Losses: Ø
Misc:

 

Mission Number: #52
Date: 15 June, 1944 Type: Bomber Escort
Target Area: Tours, France
Claims: Lt. V.M. Meyer (503) 1 FW190 shot down
  Capt.Wyatt (503) 1 FW190 shot down
  Lt. Fiorito (503) 1 ME109 shot down
  Lt. Waymire (504) 1 ME109 shot down
Damaged: Lt. Craigo (504) taxi accident
Losses: Lt. Richard Montell (504) Shot down, KIA
Misc: Lt. Montell was last seen in a dogfight, and later it was learned he had been killed.

 

Mission Number: #53
Date: 16 June, 1944 Type: Bomber Escort
Target Area: Northeast of St. Pol
Claims: Ø
Damaged: Ø
Losses: Ø
Misc:

 

Mission Number: #54
Date: 17 June, 1944 Type: Bomber Escort
Target Area: South of Paris
Claims: Ø
Damaged: Ø
Losses: Ø
Misc:

 

Mission Number: #55
Date: 17 June, 1944 Type: Dive Bombing
Target Area: Rail Installations in Northern France
Claims: Ø
Damaged: Ø
Losses: Lt. Walter Armistead (505) Mechanical, POW
Misc:

 

Mission Number: #56
Date: 18 June, 1944 Type: Bomber Escort
Target Area: Hamburg, Germany
Claims: Ø
Damaged: Ø
Losses: Ø
Misc:

 

Mission Number: #57
Date: 19 June, 1944 Type: Bomber Escort
Target Area: Southern France
Claims: Ø
Damaged: Ø
Losses: Lt. Robert Brown (503) Weather, KIA
  Capt. Nathan Fowell (503) Weather, KIA
  Lt. Ralph Dearey (503) Flak, POW
Misc:

 

Mission Number: #58
Date: 20 June, 1944 Type: Bomber Escort
Target Area: Hamburg, Germany
Claims: Ø
Damaged: Maj. Routt (504) Crash Landing
Losses: Ø
Misc: Maj. Routt was test flying a new P51D and couldn't get the landing gear to lower

 

Mission Number: #59
Date: 20 June, 1944 Type: Fighter Sweep
Target Area: Rouen - St. Quenten area
Claims: Ø
Damaged: Ø
Losses: Ø
Misc:

 

Mission Number: #60
Date: 21 June, 1944 Type: Bomber Escort
Target Area: Berlin, Germany
Claims: Lt. West (503) 1 ME410 shot down
  Lt. Bryan (503) 1 ME410 shot down
  Lt. Bryan & Lt. Talcott (503) 1 ME410 probably shot down
  Lt. Thibert (504) 1 ME109 shot down
  Lt. Hunter (504) 1 ME109 damaged in air
  Lt. E. Ball (505) 1 ME410 damaged in air
Damaged: Ø
Losses: Ø
Misc:

 

Mission Number: #61
Date: 22 June, 1944 Type: Area Support
Target Area: Pas de Calais, France
Claims: Ø
Damaged: Lt. Corbin (504) 20mm AA damage
Losses: Lt. Arthur Lowery (503) AA fire, KIA
Misc:

 

Mission Number: #62
Date: 22 June, 1944 Type: Bomber Escort
Target Area: Paris, France
Claims: Ø
Damaged: Ø
Losses: Ø
Misc:

 

Mission Number: #63
Date: 23 June, 1944 Type: Area Support & Strafing
Target Area: Northeast of Paris, France
Claims: Ø
Damaged: Ø
Losses: Ø
Misc:

 

Mission Number: #64
Date: 23 June, 1944 Type: Area Patrol
Target Area: Paris, France
Claims: Ø
Damaged: Ø
Losses: Ø
Misc: Large fires from mission #63 still burning

 

Mission Number: #65
Date: 24 June, 1944 Type: Bomber Escort
Target Area: Loire River Bridge at Aaumur, France
Claims: Ø
Damaged: Ø
Losses: Lt. Rodney West (503) Jeep Accident, KIA
Misc:

 

Mission Number: #66
Date: 25 June, 1944 Type: Bomber Escort
Target Area: Southern France
Claims: Ø
Damaged: Ø
Losses: Ø
Misc:

 

Mission Number: #67
Date: 25 June, 1944 Type: Bomber Escort
Target Area: Paris, France
Claims: Ø
Damaged: Ø
Losses: Ø
Misc:

 

Mission Number: #68
Date: 27 June, 1944 Type: Area Support and Dive Bombing
Target Area: Northern France
Claims: Lt. Thury (505) 1 FW190 shot down
  Lt. Farmer & Lt. Fish (505) 1 FW190 shot down
Damaged: Ø
Losses: Ø
Misc:

 

Mission Number: #69
Date: 28 June, 1944 Type: Bomber Escort
Target Area: Northern France
Claims: Ø
Damaged: Ø
Losses: Ø
Misc: V-1 rocket hit 500yds from Control Tower of 339th base at Fowlmere! (no damage)

 

Mission Number: #70
Date: 29 June, 1944 Type: Bomber Escort
Target Area: Leipzig, Germany
Claims: Lt. Col. Scruggs (H.Q.) 2 FW190's shot down, 2 FW190's damaged in air
  Lt. Knott (503) 1 FW190 shot down
  Lt. V. Meyer (503) 1 FW190 shot down, 1 ME109 damaged in air
  Lt. V. Meyer (503) & unknown pilot, 1 ME410 shot down
  Lt. Eisenhart (504) 1 FW190 shot down
  Lt. E.M. Johnson & Lt. Sirochman (505) 1 ME109 shot down
  Lt. E. M. Johnson & Lt. Graham (505) 1 ME410 shot down
  Lt. Fiorito (503) 1 FW190 damaged in air
  Lt. Wright (503) 1 ME109 damaged in air, 1 JU88 damaged on ground
Damaged: Lt. V. Meyer (503) AA fire
  Lt. Stockman (504) dogfight
Losses: Capt. Richard Whitelaw (503) AA fire, KIA
Misc:

 

Mission Number: #71
Date: 30 June, 1944 Type: Bomber Escort and Dive Bombing
Target Area: Northern France
Claims: Ø
Damaged: Ø
Losses: Ø
Misc:

 

 

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