| Mission Date | 12 August 1943 |
| 384th Mission Number | 14 |
| 8th Air Force Mission Number | 81 |
| Primary Target |
Synthetic Fuel Plant Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
| Aircraft | Pilot/Sortie | Results | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 42-3104 | Keck, George B SORTIE | Failed to Return | MIA; e/a; cr Hennef, Ger; 6KIA 4POW; MACR 286 |
| 42-3216 | Pilot Not In DB SORTIE | Completed Mission | Capt. Dillingham Flt Ldr; bomb bay doors wouldn't open - bombs had to be salvoed later; flak and .30 cal hole, nothing serious. |
| 42-3218 | Pilot Not In DB SORTIE | Aborted | Aborted at 0810 hrs b/c of supercharger failure on #3 & #4 engines; rtd 16x250 British IB |
| 42-3222 | Pilot Not In DB SORTIE | Completed Mission | LSqLd; heated gloves insufficient at high altitude; four frozen guns - 2 waist, 1 nose (and gun socket), and 1 in ball turret; flak hole in #2 prop; hole through left wing; hole through ball turret. |
| 42-3230 | Pilot Not In DB SORTIE | Aborted | Aborted at 0811 hrs b/c #3 engine was throwing oil and vibrating and had to be feathered; bombs rtd |
| 42-3231 | Carrington, Richard T SORTIE | Failed to Return | Capt. Carrington; MIA; e/a, cr Liblar; 4KIA 6POW; MACR 287 |
| 42-3259 | Pilot Not In DB SORTIE | Completed Mission | Landed at Framlingham w one wounded; |
| 42-5806 | Swank, Robert D SORTIE | Failed to Return | MIA e/a; cr Bonn, Ger; 4KIA 6POW; MACR 288 |
| 42-5849 | Pilot Not In DB SORTIE | Completed Mission | - None - |
| 42-29686 | Bigelow, William H SORTIE | Failed to Return | MIA; e/a, cr Heisterbacherrott, Ger; 2KIA 8POW; MACR 290 |
| 42-29699 | Pilot Not In DB SORTIE | Completed Mission | #1 and #3 and #4 oil pressure dropped off between nothing and ten; feathered #1 and #3; |
| 42-29768 | Pilot Not In DB SORTIE | Completed Mission | Oxygen system in ball turret out before departing England; both waist gunners hands almost froze; Right brake weak; adaptor too long in right waist gun; stoppage in right tail gun - cause unknown, perhaps in receiver; astrodome broken; left window in nose broken; oxygen system on left side of a/c shot away; #1 prop has 2 inch hole; numberous holes in fuselage and wings. |
| 42-29927 | Pilot Not In DB SORTIE | Completed Mission | Flying suit of Jacobsen went out completely; boots and gloves went out on Kinowski; leak in ball turret oxygen; could not get full power from #1, #2, and #3 due to flak holes in exhaust, causing superchargers to run awsy; general flak damage. |
| 42-29985 | Pilot Not In DB SORTIE | Completed Mission | Rtd early after bombing target of opportunity; tran to 306BG Thurleigh 8/22/43; MIA e/a Bremen 10/8/43; #1 engine oil cooler sprung leak and lost power. |
| 42-30026 | Pilot Not In DB SORTIE | Completed Mission | #1 engine running rough at 29,000 ft; when pilot gave it the throttle, it would run smoothly; flak holes scattered over ship. |
| 42-30039 | Pilot Not In DB SORTIE | Completed Mission | tran 2 SAD Lt Staughton 8/14/43, then Aphrodite Project 803BS RCM Knettishall 1/44; MIA Heligoland 8/15/44; Interphones out in tail and ball turret; flak holes, 20 mm holes. |
| 42-30043 | Pilot Not In DB SORTIE | Aborted | aborted over Yarmouth; could not reach altitude or keep up with formation; lower turret was out and top turret Vickers unit was vaporizing |
| 42-30046 | Sierens, Ernest J SORTIE | Failed to Return | MIA; flak, cr Gelsenkirchen; 8KIA 2POW; MACR 289 |
| 42-30139 | Pilot Not In DB SORTIE | Aborted | LSqLd, Flt Deputy; aborted at 0828 hrs b/c #1 engine failed |
| 42-30142 | Hausenfluck, Jesse D SORTIE | Completed Mission | tran 388BG Knettishall 8/43; S/Sgt. Raymond Gregori, tail gunner, awarded Silver Star, Owens p. 197; Interphone out; waist guns failed to feed after 300 rounds; radio guns will not feed; morphine frozen; top turret gun froze (right); #2 engine rough, rpm eratic (later it was all right); 20 mm burst in tail position; flak through left wall of radio room; holes in wings and ball turret. |
| 42-30196 | Pilot Not In DB SORTIE | Completed Mission | Heated gloves and shoes of ball turret operator failed; same failures for radio operator and both waist gunners; Supercharger in #4 tore up - it was a reconditioned one; 2 flak holes through left wing. |