| Mission Date | 26 September 1944 |
| Eighth Air Force Operations | Operations description not yet available. |
| 384th Bomb Group Mission |
384th BG Mission Number 199, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 648
Primary Target Attacked The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the 41st CBW B Wing on today's mission. The bomb run was started using PFF guidance, but clearing clouds near the target enabled the bombardier to complete the bomb run using visual sighting. The lead and high groups dropped on the first run. The low group had to make a second run because they had to maneuver out from under the high group. On their second run, made using PFF, the equipment failed, and they dropped on the wing lead's smoke marker.
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| Primary Target |
Target: Steelworks Type: Industry Location: Osnabrück, Germany |
| Target Attacked (Mode) | Primary (Visual) |
| Sortie/Aircraft Summary |
Completed Mission, not including spares - 35 Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 3 Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 4 Aborted - 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 | 1944-09-26, Wing Lead, G. Sammons, J. Bahten⇗ |
| Aircraft | Pilot | Results | Mission/Sortie Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| 42‑32106⇗ | Doran, William Elmer⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑37788⇗ | Cornair, Russell John⇗ | Spare, Completed Mission | Lead group flying spare; joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑37822⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 42‑38013⇗ | Mead, Frank Willard⇗ | Spare, Completed Mission | Low group flying spare; joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97251⇗ | Chmura, Edward (NMI)⇗ | Completed Mission | Low group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97263⇗ | Mock, John Montague⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97271⇗ | Hunt, John Hardy⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97282⇗ | Blankenmeyer, William J⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97309⇗ | Brodie, James Joseph⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97510⇗ | Brookshire, James D⇗ | Completed Mission | Low group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97521⇗ | Mohler, John Grigsby⇗ | Completed Mission | Low group hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97592⇗ | Koch, Robert Bruce⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead group deputy. PFF ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97941⇗ | Minor, Henry W⇗ | Completed Mission | High group lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97960⇗ | Rowe, George B⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97986⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | Lead PFF Ground Spare Aircraft. |
| 42‑98000⇗ | Patella, Joseph David⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑102500⇗ | Ellis, Harold Richard⇗ | Completed Mission | Low group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑102501⇗ | Clements, Ben Hill⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑102518⇗ | Peters, Lloyd Arman⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑102620⇗ | LeDonne, Edward George⇗ | Completed Mission | Low group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑102661⇗ | Combs, William Felix⇗ | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | Turned back; 'too much oil, overflowed when heated.' SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑102933⇗ | Hale, Kenneth Oliver⇗ | Completed Mission | Low group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑107121⇗ | Cline, Walter William⇗ | Completed Mission | Low group deputy. Hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑107125⇗ | [N/A] | Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 42‑107148⇗ | McDaniel, Clifford Franklin⇗ | Spare, Completed Mission | High group flying spare; joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑37703⇗ | Groff, Richard Hubert⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑37717⇗ | Green, Loren Lester⇗ | Completed Mission | High group hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑37822⇗ | Carlson, Walter Elmer⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑37843⇗ | Keller, Marion Wayne⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑37971⇗ | Mandelbaum, Norman W (IO)⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑37990⇗ | Hicks, Ralph Benjamin⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38016⇗ | Gilbert, Stanley Milton⇗ | Completed Mission | Low group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38062⇗ | Hughes, Robert Davis⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38501⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 43‑38615⇗ | Hutchinson, Thomas Dale⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑6080⇗ | Farnsworth, Reuben Joseph⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead group hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑6105⇗ | Smith, Jack M⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑6109⇗ | Farra, Robert Leslie⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed with #4 feathered. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑6135⇗ | Goodrick, Gene Robert⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead group hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑6141⇗ | Rice, Robert Eugene⇗ | Completed Mission | Low group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑6294⇗ | Johnstone, William Andrew⇗ | Completed Mission | High group deputy. Hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑8007⇗ | Bahten, John Irwin⇗ | Completed Mission | PFF ship, wing lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑8008⇗ | Davis, L K (IO)⇗ | Completed Mission | Low group lead. PFF ship. On bomb run was forced to maneuver out from under high group, and therefore had to make a second run. By that time the target was no longer visible, then the PFF equipment failed so the group dropped on the wing lead's smoke marker, with poor results. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |