| Mission Date | 12 September 1944 |
| Eighth Air Force Operations | Operations description not yet available. |
| 384th Bomb Group Mission |
384th BG Mission Number 193, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 626
Synthetic Oil Plant Destroyed The 384th Bomb Group, flying as the High Section of the 41st CBW, attacked the primary target, a synthetic oil plant, in Brux, Czechoslovakia. A good visual bomb run was made and results are believed good, although 'a patch of clouds came over the target at the time bombs hit,' so results were unobserved.
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| Primary Target |
Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Brüx, Czechoslovakia |
| Target Attacked (Mode) | Primary (Visual) |
| Sortie/Aircraft Summary |
Completed Mission, not including spares - 8 Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 2 Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 3 Aborted - 3 Failed To Return - 1 |
| Mission Personnel | Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗ |
| Mission Documents | Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗ |
| Other Mission Documents | 1944-09-12, High Group Lead, H. Frink, R. Koch⇗ |
| Aircraft | Pilot | Results | Mission/Sortie Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| 42‑31222⇗ | Mohler, John Grigsby⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑31484⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 42‑32106⇗ | McDaniel, Clifford Franklin⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97142⇗ | Hanlon, Ernest Edward⇗ | Failed To Return | At 1105 near Wittenburg, aircraft was hit by ME-109s on first attack in #3 engine; could not climb back to formation and continuously drifted behind until lost sight of; right wing fell off at 1109 and aircraft went down on fire in a steep glide; 3 chutes; crashed in Grünfelde, immediately west of Kyritz, Germany; MACR 8901 SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97824⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 42‑97960⇗ | Dudock, Edward Peter⇗ | Completed Mission | Group deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑102449⇗ | Koch, Robert Bruce⇗ | Completed Mission | High group lead, 41st CBW A wing SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑102500⇗ | Plowman, Noel Elwin⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed with wounded aboard. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑102620⇗ | Tracy, Edward Hanks⇗ | Spare, Completed Mission | Flying Spare; filled in and flew mission, but landed at Woodbridge due to low fuel and difficulty with #1 engine SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑107121⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 43‑37703⇗ | Rice, Robert Eugene⇗ | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | Turned back due to low oil pressure in #2 engine at altitude. This failure was confirmed by Engineering Officer. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑37717⇗ | Green, Loren Lester⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑37990⇗ | Levine, Max (NMI)⇗ | Spare, Completed Mission | Flying Spare; joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38213⇗ | Patella, Joseph David⇗ | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | Turned back due to pilot illness. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑6105⇗ | Goodrick, Gene Robert⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑6141⇗ | Carlson, Walter Elmer⇗ | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | Turned back; engineer's arm crushed in top turret mechanism. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑6294⇗ | Kass, Robert Hiler⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |