| 461ST BOMB GP (H) MISSION SUMMARY JUNE 1944 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| MISS NO | DATE | TARGET | 1ST ATTACK UNIT LEADERS | 1ST ATTACK UNIT DEP LEADERS | 2ND ATTACK UNIT LEADERS | A/C T/O | ERLY RTNS | A/C O/T | SORT | TONS DRPT ON B TGT | % IN 1000 | WEATHER AT TGT | AA | E A/C SEEN | CLAIMS | A/C DMGD | A/C RTN | A/C LOST | MIA | CASLTY | RATING | REMARKS |
| 37 | 6/2/44 | Szolnok M/Y, Hungary | CAPT. DOOLEY, LT. DONOVAN, LT. STILES, LT. LOWE, LT. OWENS | LT. SEEMAN, LT. FRANKLIN, LT. PARKHURST, LT. SLUSING | COL. GLANTZBERG, LT. SPECHT, LT. MALITA, LT. PRIEN | 34 | 4 | 30 | 30 | 87 500 GP | 0 | CAVU | S-I-H | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | EXCELLENT | |
| 38 | 6/4/44 | Orelle R.R. Bridges & Viaducts, Italy | COL. GLANTZBERG, MAJ. BURKE, CAPT. STRONG, LT. FAHERTY, LT. COLES | LT. COL. KNAPP, LT. ALKIRE, LT. BREVELY, LT. KING, LT. RADOVSKY | LT. KELLERBORN, LT. STEVENS, LT. STRUMSKI, LT. VORPE | 36 | 3 | 33 | 33 | 80 1000 GP | NO SCORE | CAVU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | VERY POOR | |
| 39 | 6/5/44 | Forneve di Taro R.R. Bridge, Italy | LT. COL. HAWES, LT. COL. APPLEGATE, LT. SPECHT, CAPT. LEFFLER, CAPT. PRUITT | LT. GRIMM, CAPT. MIXSON, LT. MURPHY, LT. DUSENBERRY, LT. SIMEROTH | MAJ. DOOLEY, LT. MacDOUGALL, LT. DAVIS, LT. LEPIC | 40 | 0 | 40 | 40 | 100 1000 GP | 38 | CAVU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | EXCELLENT | |
| 40 | 6/6/44 | Ploesti on ETA, Roumania | CAPT. GOREE, LT. VEILUVA, LT. ICONIS, LT. RHODES | LT. STEVENS, LT. FREEMAN, LT. STRUMSKI, LT. VORPE | MAJ. BURKE, CAPT. STRONG, LT. FAHERTY, LT. COLES | 37 | 4 | 33 | 34 | 74.25 500 GP | NO SCORE | CAVU | I-A-H | 15 | 1-0-0 | 19 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 2 | UNOBS | SMOKE SCREEN BOMBED ON ETA |
| 41 | 6/7/44 | Antheor rr Viaduct, France | MAJ. DOOLEY, CAPT. DONOVAN, LT. STILES, LT. LOWE, LT. OWENS | LT. SEEMAN, LT. MacDOUGALL, LT. PARKHURST, LT. SLUSING | CAPT. HOERMANN, LT. SPECHT, LT. MALITA, LT. PRIEN | 38 | 4 | 31 | 31 | 75 1000 GP | 49 | CAVU | I-A-H | 0 | 0 | 15 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 5 | EXCELLENT | |
| 42 | 6/8/44 | Munich West M/Y, Germany | LT. COL. HAWES, CAPT. STRONG, CAPT. LEFFLER, CAPT. PRUITT, LT. GIZELBA, LT. SULLIVAN | LT. COL. KNAPP, LT. ALDREDGE, LT. BOSTON, LT. KENNEDY, LT. WESTFALL, LT. FERGUSON | CAPT. TALLANT, LT. VEILUVA, LT. DELAMETER, LT. RHODES | 34 | 4 | 30 | 32 | 87 500 GP | NO SCORE | ? | I-A-H | 3 | 0-0-1 | 14 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | EXCELLENT | 2 A/C BOMBED LATIBANA M/Y, ITALY |
| 43 | 6/10/44 | Porto Marghera Refinery, Italy | LT. COL. APPLEGATE, LT. SPECHT, LT. MURPHY, LT. DUSENBERRY, LT. PRIEN | CAPT. MIXSON, LT. ARBUTHNOT, LT. MALITA, LT. WILSON | CAPT. MacDOUGALL, LT. WINTER, LT. DAVIS, LT. SEEMAN | 39 | 2 | 37 | 37 | 83.25 500 GP | 44 | CAVU | M-I-H | 0 | 0 | 11 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | EXCELLENT | |
| 44 | 6/11/44 | Giurgiu Oil Storage, Roumania | MAJ. GOREE, LT. VEILUVA, LT. ICONIS, LT. DE WITT, LT. RHODES | LT. STEVENS, LT. KELLERBORN, LT. STRUMSKI, LT. VORPE | LT. DAHLANDER, CAPT. STRONG, LT. KING, LT. SULLIVAN | 38 | 2 | 36 | 36 | 79 200 GP | 44 | CAVU | M-I-H | 15 | 5/4/2002 | 11 | 34 | 2 | 21 | 1 | EXCELLENT | |
| 45 | 6/13/44 | Porto Marghera Aluminum Plant, Italy | LT. COL. HAWES, CAPT. DONOVAN, LT. STILES, LT. LOWE, LT. OWENS | MAJ. DOOLEY, LT. SEEMAN, LT. PARKHURST, LT. SLUSING | CAPT. HOERMANN, LT. SPECHT, LT. MALITA, LT. PRIEN | 40 | 11 | 19 | 27 | 42.25 500 GP | NO SCORE | ? | M-I-H | 0 | 0-0-1 | 9 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | VERY POOR | 8 A/C HIT TGTS OF OPPORTUNITY 15 A/C DID NOT HIT BRIEFED TARGET |
| 46 | 6/14/44 | Szony Oil Storage, Hungary | LT. COL. KNAPP, CAPT. STRONG, LT. KING, LT. SULLIVAN, LT. PLATZ | LT. WALTERS, F/O FITZPATRICK, LT. LEPIC, LT. SMITH | CAPT. TALLANT, LT. STEVENS, LT. STRUMSKI, LT. VORPE | 35 | 0 | 35 | 35 | 75.25 250 GP | 35 | CAVU | S-I-H | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | EXCELLENT | |
| 47 | 6/22/44 | Trieste Oil Storage, Italy | MAJ. WORD, LT. ARBUTHNOT, LT. MURPHY, LT. WILSON, LT. AMBROSE | CAPT. MIXSON, LT. FORD, LT. GOLAVITO, LT. DIETRICK, LT. AMOROSO | CAPT. FRANKLIN, CAPT. MacDOUGALL, LT. DAVIS, LT. GERMAN | 43 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 0 | NO SCORE | ? | C-I-H | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NO RATING | FLAK AT VENICE |
| 48 | 6/23/44 | Giurgiu Oil Storage, Roumania | LT. COL. HAWES, LT. VEILUVA, CAPT. LEFFLER, CAPT. PRUITT, LT. RHODES | MAJ. GOREE, LT. STEVENS, LT. STRUMSKI, LT. VORPE | LT. DAHLANDER, LT. ALKIRE, LT. FERGUSON, LT. COLES | 41 | 3 | 38 | 35 | 65.50 1000 GP | 40 | ? | I-A-H | 15 | 0 | 20 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 2 | SUPERIOR | 3 A/C HIT TGT OF OPPORTUNITY |
| 49 | 6/25/44 | Avignon East M/Y, France | MAJ. BURKE, CAPT. MacDOUGALL, CAPT. STILES, LT. OWENS, LT. LOWE | CAPT. FRANKLIN, LT. HOLMES, LT. DAVIS, LT. LAYTON | CAPT. HOERMANN, LT. ARBUTHNOT, LT. KADOW, LT. WILSON | 40 | 7 | 31 | 33 | 69.75 500 GP | 24 | CAVU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | GOOD | 2 A/C HIT SETE M/Y |
| 50 | 6/26/44 | Korneuburg Refineries, Austria | LT. COL. KNAPP, LT. ALKIRE, LT. FERGUSON, LT. RADOVSKY, LT. COLES | CAPT. WALTERS, F/O FITZPATRICK, LT. LEPIC, LT. SMITH | LT. BEAN, LT. BENSON, LT. CRAN, LT NEIMAN | 39 | 6 | 32 | 32 | 67.50 500 GP | NO SCORE | CAVU | M-I-H | 32 | 2/1/2000 | 7 | 32 | 1 | 10 | 0 | POOR | 1 A/C BOMBED WITH ANOTHER GROUP |
| 51 | 6/28/44 | Bucharest CHITILA M/Y, Roumania | COL. GLANTZBERG, LT. ARBUTHNOT, CAPT. LEFFLER, CAPT. PRUITT, LT. CARROLL, LT. WILSON | CAPT. MIXSON, LT. FORD, LT. MURPHY, LT. DUSENBERRY, LT. DIETRICK | CAPT. MacDOUGALL, LT. SIMON, LT. BRENNAN, LT. HICKOX | 39 | 4 | 35 | 36 | 77.25 500 GP | NO SCORE | CAVU WITH HAZE | I-I-H | 24 | 1/2/2000 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 1 | VERY POOR | BOMBED BY PFF ON ETA |
| 52 | 6/30/44 | Blechhammer South Oil REFINERY, Germany | COL. GLANTZBERG, LT. BEAN, LT. ICONIS, LT. NEIMAN, LT. DE WITT | CAPT. TALLANT, LT. VEILUVA, LT. DELAMETER, LT. DALY | CAPT. McQUILKLAN, CAPT. STRONG, LT. KING, LT. SULLIVAN | 38 | 5 | 33 | 0 | 4 500 GP | NO SCORE | ? | M-A-M | 0 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | POOR | MOST A/C RTND BOMBS TO BASE, 2ND ATTACK LEADERS ABORTED |