| Mission Date | 20 November 1944 |
| Eighth Air Force Operations | Operations description not yet available. |
| 384th Bomb Group Mission |
384th BG Mission Number 227, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 718
Marshalling Yards Bombed A combination of equipment failures prevented the planned Gee-H attack on the primary target. Therefore, all squadrons of the 384th attacked the secondary PFF target.
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| Primary Target |
Target: Buer Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
| Target Attacked (Mode) |
Secondary (PFF) Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Münster, Germany |
| Sortie/Aircraft Summary |
Completed Mission, not including spares - 48 Returned Early - 1 Scrubbed - 4 Aborted - 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 42‑31484⇗ | Duesler, Donald Barton⇗ | Completed Mission | Ground Spare Aircraft, replaced 42‑102500. Composite Squadron, 41st Bomb Wing D group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑32106⇗ | Zink, Joseph Darrell⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead Squadron, 41st Bomb Wing D group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑37788⇗ | Farnsworth, Reuben Joseph⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑37822⇗ | Galiano, Joe Vincent⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑38013⇗ | Jackson, Oakley Homer⇗ | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | Ground Spare Aircraft, replaced 42‑97150. Aborted, unable to locate formation after taking off late. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑38208⇗ | Mumper, Benjamin Royce⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at Bassingbourn, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑39888⇗ | Orr, James Wallace⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97150⇗ | [N/A] | Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off | Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑38013. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97251⇗ | Chmura, Edward (NMI)⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97263⇗ | Abbott, William H⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97271⇗ | O'Donnell, Phillip John⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead Squadron, 41st Bomb Wing D group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97309⇗ | [N/A] | Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off | Lead Gee-H Ground Spare Aircraft, replaced 42‑97424. Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑107148, possibly after taking off and returning. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97510⇗ | Salley, Thomas Raysor⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97592⇗ | Smith, Jack M⇗ | Completed Mission | PFF ship; low Squadron lead, 41st Bomb Wing C group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97824⇗ | [N/A] | Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off | Gee-H ship. Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑97309, possibly after taking off and returning. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑97960⇗ | McNamara, John Gordon⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑98000⇗ | Fleshman, Warren Gray⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑98027⇗ | Gross, Kenneth Eugene⇗ | Completed Mission | PFF ship; group lead, 41st Bomb Wing D group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑102430⇗ | Abbott, Edward William⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead Squadron, 41st Bomb Wing D group SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑102459⇗ | Wehrheim, Francis Walter⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑102500⇗ | [N/A] | Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off | Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑31484. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑102518⇗ | Rose, Gerald Dale⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead Squadron 41st Bomb Wing D group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑102661⇗ | Groff, Richard Hubert⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑107083⇗ | Causa, Raymond (NMI)⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑107125⇗ | Hicks, Ralph Benjamin⇗ | Completed Mission | Gee-H ship; low Squadron deputy, 41st Bomb Wing C group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 42‑107148⇗ | Pranger, Nicholas Vincent⇗ | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | Ground Spare Aircraft, replaced 42‑97309. Originally intended to fly deputy lead position in high C group (with Gee-H equipment); aborted, unable to catch formation after very late takeoff. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑37703⇗ | DeFrancesco, John Joseph⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑37713⇗ | Cepits, Francis Frederick⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑37717⇗ | Holmes, George W⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑37843⇗ | Mock, John Montague⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at Bassingbourn, due to weather. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑37917⇗ | Starr, William George⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead Squadron, 41st Bomb Wing D group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑37971⇗ | Peters, Lloyd Arman⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead Squadron, 41st Bomb Wing D group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38016⇗ | Gilbert, Stanley Milton⇗ | Returned Early | Gee-H ship; lead Squadron deputy, 41st Bomb Wing C group. The mission commander's narrative states: 'A/C 8016 (Pilot Gilbert) returned early due to engine failure. Bombs were jettisoned.' According to Marion Chase, Engineer: 'Five minutes before target, had a runaway prop and finally feathered it due to vibration. At 29,000 ft. we could not climb and lost our formation. Came back alone.' SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38062⇗ | Evans, Hugh Legar⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38501⇗ | Hassing, Eugene Theron⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38548⇗ | Mead, Frank Willard⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38678⇗ | Storey, Wallace Arnold⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead Squadron, 41st Bomb Wing D group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38747⇗ | Hale, Kenneth Oliver⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38750⇗ | Rice, Robert Eugene⇗ | Completed Mission | Flew entire mission, but due to mechanical failure could not release bombs; bomb load returned to base. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38752⇗ | Harter, David Smuck⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38757⇗ | Klatt, Merton Dale⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38766⇗ | Clements, Ben Hill⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38800⇗ | Owens, Robert Clare⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38801⇗ | Gilmore, James Robson⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 43‑38823⇗ | Fahr, John (NMI)⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead Squadron, 41st Bomb Wing D group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑6105⇗ | Heubner, Emil J⇗ | Completed Mission | Composite Squadron, 41st Bomb Wing D group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑6141⇗ | Hoppen, Jack Stewart⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑6476⇗ | Somers, James Lowell⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑6514⇗ | Rowe, George B⇗ | Completed Mission | Composite Squadron 41st Bomb Wing D group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑6592⇗ | Majeske, Charles Paul⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑8008⇗ | Neville, Harry Walter⇗ | Completed Mission | PFF ship; C group lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑8211⇗ | Hunt, John Hardy⇗ | Completed Mission | Gee-H ship; lead Squadron deputy, 41st Bomb Wing D group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑8401⇗ | Oosterhof, Franklin Gerald⇗ | Completed Mission | PFF ship; high Squadron lead, 41st C group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑8409⇗ | Herring, Harold F⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
| 44‑8430⇗ | Walker, Jay F⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |