Mission Date | 4 December 1944 |
Eighth Air Force Operations | Operations description not yet available. |
384th Bomb Group Mission |
384th BG Mission Number 235, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 736
Transportation Attacked The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the 41st Combat Wing C Group on today's mission. Each squadron bombed independently on the initial bomb run, the high squadron bombing a little later than the lead and low. As a result, they returned on the briefed route as an individual squadron.
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Primary Target |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Soest, Germany |
Target Attacked (Mode) | Primary (Gee-H) |
Sortie/Aircraft Summary |
Completed Mission, not including spares - 39 Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 2 Flight Completed - 1 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⇗ |
Aircraft | Pilot | Results | Mission/Sortie Information |
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42‑31484⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
42‑32106⇗ | Kinkead, Robert Miller⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑37788⇗ | Majeske, Charles Paul⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead Squadron hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑37822⇗ | Hoppen, Jack Stewart⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑38013⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
42‑97150⇗ | Klatt, Merton Dale⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97251⇗ | Chmura, Edward (NMI)⇗ | Spare, Completed Mission | Low Squadron flying spare; joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97263⇗ | Rowe, George B⇗ | Completed Mission | Group deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97309⇗ | Hollingsworth, Fredrick Clay⇗ | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | High Squadron flying spare; returned to base with #4 engine feathered. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97320⇗ | DeFrancesco, John Joseph⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97510⇗ | Wyatt, William Glenn⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑97824⇗ | [Non-384th Pilot] | Completed Mission | Loaned to the 398th BG for today's mission. Manned by 398th personnel, except as noted on the Sortie Report. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑98000⇗ | Warner, Henry L⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑98027⇗ | [N/A] | Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
42‑102430⇗ | [N/A] | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
42‑102459⇗ | Orr, James Wallace⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑102501⇗ | Salley, Thomas Raysor⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑102518⇗ | Rose, Gerald Dale⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑102661⇗ | McKone, Joseph F⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑102933⇗ | Duesler, Donald Barton⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑107083⇗ | Causa, Raymond (NMI)⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑107121⇗ | Somers, James Lowell⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑107125⇗ | [Non-384th Pilot] | Completed Mission | Loaned to the 398th BG for today's mission. Manned by 398th personnel, except as noted on the Sortie Report. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
42‑107148⇗ | O'Donnell, Phillip John⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑37703⇗ | Galiano, Joe Vincent⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑37717⇗ | Abbott, Edward William⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑37843⇗ | Brown, Bert Oliver⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at RAF Boreham, Essex, due to low fuel. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑37917⇗ | Zink, Joseph Darrell⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑37971⇗ | McDaniel, Clifford Franklin⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38262⇗ | [Non-384th Pilot] | Completed Mission | Loaned to the 398th BG for today's mission. Manned by 398th personnel, except as noted on the Sortie Report. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38548⇗ | Cepits, Francis Frederick⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38616⇗ | Cline, Walter William⇗ | Flight Completed | Weather aircraft; remainder of crew (CP, N, RO, Eng) not identified. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38630⇗ | Goodrick, Gene Robert⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38673⇗ | Hicks, Kenneth Delmont⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38721⇗ | Holmes, George W⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron. Landed away at Boxted due to low fuel. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38747⇗ | Walker, Jay F⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38750⇗ | Freiman, Peter Paul⇗ | Completed Mission | Crash-landed in an open field 1-1/2 miles north of Deenethorpe during assembly; all crew remained in plane and all were ok. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38752⇗ | Farnsworth, Reuben Joseph⇗ | Spare, Completed Mission | Lead Squadron flying spare; joined formation, but turned back at Belgian coast on return; landed in Belgium or France to refuel. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38757⇗ | Jackson, Oakley Homer⇗ | Completed Mission | Lead Squadron hot camera ship. Landed away at RAF Manston, Kent, due to low fuel. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
43‑38801⇗ | Gilmore, James Robson⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6105⇗ | Sienkiewicz, Edward Alfred⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6476⇗ | Rummel, Brian Dunn⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at RAF Bradwell Bay, Essex, due to low fuel. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑6592⇗ | Abbott, William H⇗ | Completed Mission | Landed away at RAF Manston, Kent, due to low fuel. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑8007⇗ | Gross, Kenneth Eugene⇗ | Completed Mission | High Squadron lead. PFF & Gee-H ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑8211⇗ | Neville, Harry Walter⇗ | Completed Mission | Group lead. PFF & Gee-H ship. Landed away at Boxted due to low fuel. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑8221⇗ | Oosterhof, Franklin Gerald⇗ | Completed Mission | Low Squadron lead. PFF & Gee-H ship. Landed away at Boxted due to low fuel. SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |
44‑8430⇗ | Hassing, Eugene Theron⇗ | Completed Mission | SORTIE REPORT ⇗ |