Mission Date | 13 September 1944 |
Eighth Air Force Operations | Show Operations |
384th Bomb Group Mission |
384th BG Mission Number 194, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 628
The 'Oil Campaign' Continues The 384th Bombardment Group (Heavy) led the 41st A Combat Bombardment Wing on today's mission, supplying all planes and crews, except for the high section of the high group which was filled by three aircraft from the 303rd BG.
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Primary Target |
Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany |
Target Attacked (Mode) | Primary (Visual) |
Sortie/Aircraft Summary |
Completed Mission, not including spares - 30 Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 2 Returned Early - 1 Flight Completed - 1 Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 2 Scrubbed - 2 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⇗ |
Aircraft | Pilot | Results | Mission/Sortie Information |
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42‑3441⇗ | Dudock, Edward Peter⇗ | Flight Completed | Weather aircraft; remainder of crew - CP, N, Eng, R - not identified in mission documents. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑31222⇗ | Mead, Frank Willard⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑31484⇗ | Gross, Kenneth Eugene⇗ | Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off | This aircraft apparently developed engine trouble during preparation for the mission, and did not take off. It was replaced in the formation by the pre-briefed flying spare, 42-38013 and the Hunt Crew. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑32106⇗ | Johnstone, William Andrew⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑37982⇗ | [N/A] | Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off | Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 43‑37713. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑38013⇗ | Hunt, John Hardy⇗ | Spare, Completed Mission | Low group flying spare; assigned to replace Gross in 1484 when that aircraft was scrubbed. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑38014⇗ | Mohler, John Grigsby⇗ | Returned Early | Lead group hot camera ship. Aborted at 1014 hrs near the Rhine River with #1 engine out; attacked unidentified target of opportunity (TOO). SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑38208⇗ | Rowe, George B⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑39888⇗ | Blankenmeyer, William J⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97150⇗ | Mock, John Montague⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97251⇗ | Salley, Thomas Raysor⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97282⇗ | Pranger, Nicholas Vincent⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97510⇗ | Clements, Ben Hill⇗ | Completed Mission | Bombed unidentified target of opportunity (TOO). SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97521⇗ | Brodie, James Joseph⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97592⇗ | Henderson, William Vincent⇗ | Completed Mission | Wing deputy; PFF ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97824⇗ | Toler, Harold Morton⇗ | Completed Mission | High group deputy and hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97941⇗ | Hulcher, Donald Lawrence ⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97948⇗ | Bean, Donald W⇗ | Completed Mission | Low group deputy and hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97986⇗ | Myrick, Kenneth Delay⇗ | Completed Mission | 41st A Combat Wing lead; PFF ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑98000⇗ | Carnes, Joe Ross⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑102430⇗ | Peters, Lloyd Arman⇗ | Spare, Completed Mission | Lead group flying spare; filled in #3 position in high section of high group for an aborted 303BG aircraft. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑102449⇗ | Soester, Wilbur Leroy⇗ | Completed Mission | Low group lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑102459⇗ | Hughes, Robert Davis⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at RAF Manston, Kent, with major battle damage. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑102661⇗ | Combs, William Felix⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑102933⇗ | Hale, Kenneth Oliver⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead Squadron hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑107121⇗ | Plowman, Noel Elwin⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑107125⇗ | [N/A] | Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
42‑107148⇗ | McDaniel, Clifford Franklin⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑37713⇗ | Rice, Robert Eugene⇗ | Completed Mission | Ground Spare Aircraft, replaced 42‑37982. Hot camera ship. Landed away at RAF Manston, Kent, with battle damage. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑37717⇗ | Green, Loren Lester⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑37990⇗ | Majeske, Charles Paul⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38016⇗ | Buslee, John Oliver⇗ | Completed Mission | High group lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38213⇗ | Dodson, Lee White⇗ | Failed To Return | At 1124, immediately after bombs away, this aircraft was observed going down in flames due to flak. MACR 8902 SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6080⇗ | Hicks, Ralph Benjamin⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6105⇗ | Skehan, Joseph Lynne⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6109⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
44‑6135⇗ | Mumper, Benjamin Royce⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6141⇗ | Carlson, Walter Elmer⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑8011⇗ | Levine, Max (NMI)⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |