| 389th Chronology | ||||
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| Date | M# | Target/Location | Event/Notes | Detail |
| 2-Jun-44 | 114 | Berck Sur Mur | ||
| 3-Jun-44 | 115 | Berck Sur Mur | ||
| 3-Jun-44 | 116 | Tactical | ||
| 4-Jun-44 | 117 | Tactical | ||
| 4-Jun-44 | 118 | Tactical | ||
| 4-Jun-44 | 119 | Romoranhn | ||
| 5-Jun-44 | 120 | Tachcal | ||
| 6-Jun-44 | 121 | Tactical | 389th radar bombers among 1st to bomb on D-Day. (44-40247 R+) w/ pilot Courtney crashes over England -- 10 KIA | Detail |
| 6-Jun-44 | 122 | Tactical | ||
| 6-Jun-44 | 123 | Tactical | ||
| 6-Jun-44 | 124 | Tactical | ||
| 7-Jun-44 | 125 | Argentan | ||
| 8-Jun-44 | 126 | Tactical | ||
| 10-Jun-44 | 127 | Tactical | ||
| 11-Jun-44 | 128 | Cormeilles A/D | ||
| 11-Jun-44 | 129 | Leport Boulet | ||
| 12-Jun-44 | 130 | Montfort Bridge | ||
| 12-Jun-44 | 131 | Conches A/D | ||
| 14-Jun-44 | 132 | Chateaudun A/D | ||
| 15-Jun-44 | 133 | Le Port Boulet Bridge | ||
| 17-Jun-44 | 134 | Bretigny A/D | ||
| 18-Jun-44 | 135 | Hamburg | ||
| 19-Jun-44 | 136 | No Ball | ||
| 19-Jun-44 | 137 | No Ball | ||
| 20-Jun-44 | 138 | No Ball | ||
| 20-Jun-44 | 139 | Politz | 389th BG loses three aircraft to enemy action, and three more heavily damaged aircraft land in Sweden | |
| "371" (41-28779) w/ pilot Purcell shot down by AA -- 1 KIA, 12 POW | Detail | |||
| "379" (41-28787) w/ pilot Vivian lands in neutral Sweden -- 11 INT | Detail | |||
| (42-95144 L+) w/ pilot Chappell lost in mid-air collision -- 9 KIA, 1 POW | Detail | |||
| MISTAH CHICK (42-100146 J-) w/ pilot Leslie lands in neutral Sweden -- 11 INT | Detail | |||
| PRINCESS KONOCTI (42-100190 J+) w/ pilot Roeder lands in neutral Sweden -- 10 INT | Detail | |||
| (42-100351 C+) w/ pilot Powers lost in mid-air collision -- 8 KIA, 2 POW | Detail | |||
| 21-Jun-44 | 140 | Berlin | 389th BG loses six aircraft in another costly raid on Berlin | |
| FIGHTIN' SAM II (42-52579 M+) w/ pilot Patterson shot down by fighters -- 2 KIA, 8 POW | Detail | |||
| (42-95044 Z-) w/ pilot O'Steen shot down by fighters -- 3 KIA, 7 POW | Detail | |||
| CETAVER or CLEAVER (42-95122 M-) w/ pilot Hartquist shot down by fighters -- 3 KIA, 7 POW | Detail | |||
| (42-95145 R+) w/ pilot Core shot down by fighters -- 9 KIA, 1 POW | Detail | |||
| (42-50371 T-) w/ pilot Schukar shot down by fighters -- 3 KIA, 7 POW | Detail | |||
| NUFF SAID (42-109794 -S) w/ pilot McAuliffe shot down by fighters -- 6 KIA, 4 POW | Detail | |||
| 21-Jun-44 | 141 | No Ball | ||
| 23-Jun-44 | 142 | Juvincourt | ||
| 24-Jun-44 | 143 | Bretigny A/D | ||
| 24-Jun-44 | 144 | Les Bruyeres | ||
| 25-Jun-44 | 145 | Hazerbrouch Holque | ||
| 25-Jun-44 | 146 | Buc A/D | (41-28793 J) w/pilot Titus shot down by AA while flying as a PFF aircraft for the 489th BG | Detail |
| 28-Jun-44 | 147 | Saarbruckren | ||
| 29-Jun-44 | 148 | Kothen | ||
| 2-Jul-44 | 149 | Renescure | ||
| 5-Jul-44 | 150 | Mery Mur Oise | ||
| 6-Jul-44 | 151 | Humiers Blougermont | ||
| 6-Jul-44 | 152 | Kiel | ||
| 6-Jul-44 | 153 | Tactical | ||
| 7-Jul-44 | 154 | Halle | Five aircraft are lost on a mission to Halle, Germany | |
| (42-95029 L+) w/ pilot Baney shot down by AA -- 4 KIA, 6 POW | Detail | |||
| (42-50734 K+) w/ pilot Kissling shot down by enemy fighters -- 3 KIA, 7 POW | Detail | |||
| THE WOLF PATROL (42-50617 Z+) w/ pilot McGee lost to AA -- 3 KIA, 7 POW | Detail | |||
| SACK WARMER (41-28824 O+) w/ pilot E. Brown lost -- 2 KIA, 8 POW | Detail | |||
| (42-51144) w/ pilot Bates lost due to mid-air collision with 492nd BG aircraft -- 10 KIA, 3 POW | Detail | |||
| 11-Jul-44 | 155 | Munich | (41-28713) w/ pilot Boreske goes down over France due to fuel exhaustion -- 1 KIA, 5 POW, 7 EVD | Detail |
| 12-Jul-44 | 156 | Munich | (41-28948 -K) w/ pilot Vann is damaged by AA, and lands at Basel, Switzerland -- 9 INT, 1 POW | Detail |
| 13-Jul-44 | 157 | Saarbrucken | ||
| 16-Jul-44 | 158 | Saarbrucken | ||
| 17-Jul-44 | 159 | Belfort | DON'T CRY BABY (42-110084 -Q) crash lands at Hethel - it is salvaged three days later | |
| 18-Jul-44 | 160 | Hubert Folie | PRECIOUS JEWEL (42-110103 N+) w/pilot Searcy and command pilot Dieterle lost over the Normandy beachhead area. All returned to Hethel. | Detail |
| 19-Jul-44 | 161 | Laupheim | NAUGHTY NORMA (42-100281 D+) w/pilot Deeter shot down by enemy fighters -- 3 EVD, 7 POW | Detail |
| 20-Jul-44 | 162 | Friedherg | ||
| 21-Jul-44 | 163 | Saarbrucken | GINNY GAL (42-95077 -I) w/ pilot Caldwell damaged by AA and forced to land at Dubendorf, Switzerland -- 9 INT | Detail |
| 23-Jul-44 | 164 | Laon Chambry | ||
| 24-Jul-44 | 165 | St. Lo Area B | ||
| 25-Jul-44 | 166 | St. Lo Area B | Two aircraft are lost to AA as the group supports the breakout in Normandy as part of Operation Cobra | |
| YANKEE REBEL (42-95026 I-) w/ pilot Roe -- 5 EVD, 1 KIA, 3 POW | Detail | |||
| MISS SHIRLEY (42-50478 T-) w/ pilot Schwermin -- 3 EVD, 1 KIA, 6 POW | Detail | |||
| 26-Jul-44 | Manston, England | THE GREEN DRAGON (41-23683) damaged during taxi, salvaged. | ||
| 28-Jul-44 | 167 | Tactical | ||
| 29-Jul-44 | 168 | Bremen | ||
| 31-Jul-44 | 169 | Ludwigshafen | "370" (41-28778 N) w/ pilot Low lost to AA | Detail |